What Fascinates Me

art inspires me, Van Gogh fascinates me!                                    vermillion sky, glowing sunshine, rose-branches waltzing, birds chirping melodious rhapsody.  art imitates life...often at midnight, I get up, gaze at the Moon, mysterious beauty of a crescent shape! stars illuminating the dark sky ~ glittering fireflies..diamonds on the tiara of Mother Nature! Night-sky - a majestic painting by our Creator engrossed at His work! when Vincent Van Gogh looked at the starry sky from the window of his asylum...what did he see? He saw turbulent agitated swirling waves... are those the reflections of his own tempestuous mind - with numerous failures, anything he attempted at.. religion, sales, teaching, love..did he find his ultimate path in painting?  a meteor...a short-lived burst of talent,  which amazes the world even today ~ The more I look at the paintings of this mastermind, I am fascinated with the depth of feelings, the melancholy, the search for the truth of a true and unique artist! symbolic steeple of a church - visible above the abodes in a humble village. The village and the Church did not exist in the sight from his window, Vincent Van Gogh's imagination created the village at the bottom of the mountains - a memory from Netherlands of his childhood.  The sky is vibrant with turbulent waves, but  there are glittering stars, and the gleaming Moon with hope..  overpowering Cypress Tree in the forefront...reaching the sky, a towering tree of mourning...overshadowing the brightest star of morn! death was not ominous to Van Gogh, merely a bridge between life and heaven, Vincent Van Gogh had an extraordinary way of visioning the world... his paintings bear the passionate soul of an exceptional mind!   fascinated with awe I see the post-impressionist painting of a dreamy night before sunrise,  A tortured mind of a Genius had captured with his inimitable brush-strokes of blue and yellow. Reference: The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village. (Wikipedia) Post-Impressionists extended the use of vivid colors, thick application of paint, distinctive brush strokes, and real-life subject matter, and were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, distort forms for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary colors in their compositions. May 16, 2022 For "Fascination And Awe"" Poetry Contest Sponsor: Jeff Kyser