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Kayakbiker, or anyone interested...
I do not know where I picked these Van Goughs' up from. I think a private collection, but I just had them in my files to study them.
As soon as I saw them I got excited. I had studied Van Gough all my life but had never seen these before. And... They are ALL very calm and soothing, unlike any of his other works I studied. This is what Van Gough certainly looked like when he was healthy and at peace.
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I saw the VanGogh exibit at one time too. (I saw Degas, VanGogh, and Monet.)
I was facinated watching the way his pictures changed over time and as illness took hold.
I'll be honest. I have never been to any exibit of any kind. The closest I can come is images in books or on line.
I have never been to a concert either, but that one is easy to explain. I am noise sensitive.
I empathize with Van Gough cutting off his own ear.
One day, I hope I can see his works in person. His evolution was quite dramatic.
Seeing the exhibits on the walls is really great. You can see many more details.
But the downside is the people. They usually sell x amount per showing and they roll you through in massive crowds.
Like when I saw VanGogh, we stood in a crowded room waiting for a chance to sneak up to see them more up close. Then you'd get up there, and the crowd behind you would try to push you right through.
It was very frustrating.
The Monet exhibit was better because it was a smaller venue and thus had less crowds. Perhaps it was the time of day too.
I like to just go into an art museum and stay just long enough to visit what I want to see. I don't like to be there 3 hours, roaming the halls getting lost, if I'm in the mood to only look at one genre.
I think that's one of the worst things we do. We tell people you have to love art because it's so-and-so or because it's in a museum. But if you let people look at what they want to and only linger for as long as they want, then an art museum is more fun. (Actually that goes for any museum. I just don't like to visit them long-just often!)
Thats what I like about this blog.
It is like an art museum, but with no crowds and you can scroll right past what you DON'T like and study what you do like.
But, I know with my own canvases, the photos rarely do them justice.
But for here they work.
sparrow - for you, who hate the cold, this would not be a solution at all. For me it's perfect - I travel from December to February in the northern hemisphere. Not very often, mind you, but there are no crowds. In fact I've had almost undivided attention from guides at various places. Not many queues in winter.
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