Vincent's Yellow

a[n] [auto]biography and a love story.

First draft, first steps

One hundred and twenty five years later, the signature Vincent scratched off on a letter to his brother is engraved into my skin. It was my 28th birthday, I had finished the first draft of my book, and when the tattoo artist asked “you want it exactly the same as he wrote it, no?” I […]

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Wed, September 11 2013 » Personal, Writing the Book » 2 Comments

The Sunflower

It started with a desire for fabric to fall, and for it to give me yellow silhouettes. It was sparked by ideas of creation and procreation. This set piece had to contain the time I thought maybe I met Vincent, that maybe he was with me. That moment of perfect union of course changed everything […]

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Tue, October 26 2010 » Artists Inspired by Vincent, Personal, Theater piece » 6 Comments

Time

August 25th, 2009 Hotel, first night in Arles 9:45am I had a dream where I time traveled. However, this was no run of the mill time travel. I used no power other than my own force, my will power. I sat in a room and said to myself, I will go back thirty years to […]

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Mon, January 18 2010 » Personal, Research » 3 Comments