Vincent's Yellow

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

Know Your Van Gogh

I should’ve done this a long time ago. So here we go, after 3 years of research, these are the primary things that drive me crazy, in order from most obvious to least obvious  (but assumed somewhere in the back of people’s minds). If you ever read anything that makes any of these claims, you […]

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Mon, March 1 2010 » Personal, Popular Culture, Research » 4 Comments

Jo

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Today I’d like to take a moment to honor one of the most important and most forgotten figures in Vincent’s work and life: Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Lovely, lovely Jo. Jo married Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s brother, on May 2nd, 1889. Since Vincent died July 29th, 1890, Jo only met Vincent on a […]

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Tue, February 16 2010 » Research » 3 Comments

Words for paint

For Vincent I. Smooth silky serpentine Swirl of the tongue Of the brush Around and over under Just up over the back of my ear Wet Salacious Voluminous Tickling me with Color-saturation Vibrant forceful virile Thing Like the crest of a wave Overtaking you Turning you over and around In its insides Like a lick […]

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Mon, January 25 2010 » Personal » 1 Comment