Thanks to the beauty of free museum wifi I am writing this message sitting in the Vincent van Gogh museum whilst sitting and relaxing, looking directly at one of his most famous works, Zonnebloemen (Sunflowers in english, his yellow version you've all seen before). It's funny but I've never really been that into art but on his trip something has changed in me. After having seen all the beautiful art in the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel included therein of course, and now all his great art I could say that my interest has most definitely been piqued. This painting itself is quite interesting as the flowers used would wilt (sp?) quite quickly thereby forcing van Gogh to start early in the morning and complete the entire painting in "one go," quite impressive if you ask me. Also it seems that he painted this specifically to please his friend Paul Gauguin. It's also interesting/sad to see how sad this mans life was and how famous he now is, given the fact that he struggled to sell his paintings while alive and he was so tormented that he took his own life at 37. One source of inspiration outside of his paintings is that he apparently was a wayward soul and had done nothing with himself until at the age of 26 he decides to learn how to paint, unsure if he even had any talent for it. This is proof that it's never too late to change what you're doing and move your live in a direction you'd like it to go. This makes me feel a little connected to him seeing as 26 is when I chose resign and go back to school having no idea how'd it all end up, and here I am. All the best to all of you!
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