Wednesday, July 17, 2013

I need another story...


Imagine you're standing next to Vincent on that starry night...he's setting up to paint the valley before him, his eyes alight with wonder. You say, 'Vincent, this is the same valley that we see every day, what's so special about it?'

Well, nothing has changed with the valley, it's as special as it ever was.  It's Vincent who has changed. He has to get his vision on the canvas, NOW. 

The stars are great glowing yellow orbs of light in sky, The Milky Way is the dominant part of the sky as it sweeps and swoops around the other beings in the sky.  The Moon is a brilliant yellow crescent in the sky, also, refusing to be ignored.

There is a grove of fir trees to Vincent's left that obscures his view of the night sky. There are also mountains in the distance that don't get a second thought from him.



Van Gogh's `Starry Night` is a look at Vincent's reality.

What my point is, is that what one person sees and what another sees won't ever be exactly the same.

I look at the mall and my anxiety levels spike as I imagine the crowds of people inside staring at me and crowding me and small talking with me.  Whereas my daughter sees the mall as the happy place where she says, oooh, my mom and Dwayne and Mamaw have given me money let`s go buy stuff yay!

Sooooo....I felt like I really did have a point...I'm Ambien blogging so who knows what that might have been.  I THINK it's something like - none of us are coming from the same place. We all see something different with our different eyes and minds and experiences and hearts. It's a miracle that we get along in this world, but we do.

We successfully live and learn and grow and love.  And there is no reason why we can't continue to do that even in the wake of bad things going on around us.  We MUST continue to love each other, in spite of our differences.

11 comments:

  1. A miracle, indeed. The night sky of van Gogh was biomorphic, tremendous operations in outer space are echoed in the thrust of trees, the wave of hills, the longings of our lives. In Nature, the language of the universe, he saw a truth. He was brave to paint it because, as he well knew, once you have found a truth it will not leave you alone, not ever. And yes, the painting is a lesson in the sort of love you mention.

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    1. Oh, thank you Geo., you said that so much better than I ever could!

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    2. There is a pathetic little local mall that I avoid. I drive to Indiana instead. I've only run into one person that I know in eight years, and she likes small talk less than me! I miss being anonymous. Does your daughter like to drive?

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    3. Hi Susie,
      She loves to drive, but she still has only her permit and not her license. When she gets her license she has to be put on my insurance which is already sky high, so we're waiting until we can afford it.
      But yeah, small talk is excruciating! I avoid eye contact and walk the other way just to get out of it! :)

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  2. Cool post !
    You have a beautiful bog here. Wow, you were with Blogger since 2004, awesome !


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    1. Hi Rajiv,
      Thank you so much! Yeah, sometimes I can't believe I've been blogging for that long! :)
      -Michelle

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  3. Hi Michelle, welcome !

    You deserve an awesome congrats being in this platform for almost 10 years. Great !
    I have already subscribed to your blog feeds.

    Thanks so much for your comment on my blog about the post on churning the milk ocean, the famous sculpture in the Airport of smiles at Bangkok.

    Have you visited Asia before ?

    Rajiv
    www.magnificentdewdrops.blogspot.com
    www.magicalpresent.blogspot.com

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    1. Hi Rajiv,

      Thank you! No, I've never visited Asia, only Europe, courtesy of my father being in the military. We were going to be sent to Korea next but then he retired before we could go, unfortunately!

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    2. Welcome to Asia ! :)

      Thank you for the comment on my blog about the post of Marine drive, Kochi. Replied it too.

      Looking forward to your next post !

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    1. Laoch,
      Thank you! And thank you for visiting,
      -Michelle

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