December 12, 2011

Auvers-sur-Oise

One Saturday not long ago...

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when the sun was still out everyday.. we went to Auvers-sur-Oise on a whim where Vincent van Gogh lived & worked & commited suicide. It was amazing to see in real life the landscapes he was inspired by... the exact things he painted still standing today.

This church is one of my favorite paintings by him because of the color of the sky - is it day as most people say or is it a bright moonlit night as i feel.. that's the beauty of art.. no one tells you what it should be :)

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And the graves of van Gogh & his brother... their story is heartbreaking... his brother was the only one who supported him & stood by him his whole life...

"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way." - Vincent van Gogh



 

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