Vincent's Yellow

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

Arles smells like…

Arles. From my hotel window. Les Alyscamps. Butterfly in L’Espace Van Gogh sucks up yellow. (I had never really had the privilege to watch a butterfly drink!) The Langlois Bridge – take a closer look. (I’m sure I’m pronouncing it wrong)

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Fri, December 11 2009 » Travel, Video Entries » No Comments

The Last of Arles

I come here with a heavy heart this week, Reader. Often times, being an artist is quite lonely and isolating. Your work cannot be understood until it is finished — you cannot be understood, either. Not by many, anyway. I know Vincent felt the same way. And so I offer you some beauty I encountered […]

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Mon, December 7 2009 » Personal, Photo entries, Research, Travel » 2 Comments

A Walk in Arles

No one is quite sure what brought you to Arles. You wanted to go south, Vincent, away from Paris, and something drew you to this town. Perhaps it was what Michelet wrote about the beauty of the arlesienne, the women of Arles, but that was not what you would encounter here. Although the walls are […]

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Mon, November 30 2009 » Photo entries, Popular Culture, Travel » 2 Comments