A Painting For Humanity

The vividness of the dazzling tones of an Autumn's landscape is alluring, making the beeches gleam when it rains; it has captured me into the realm of fantasy, as I am taken onto a road walked by a couple that strolls side by side so gladly and serenely. Gogh's ghost speaks to me from a gilded frame, he invites me in to accompany him to his home... down a path that he has walked before; he senses my contentment of wonder, so gladdened by his September landscape, then slowly he unfolds his mystery to me." He explains why he painted the flamboyant scenery, " Any man affected by such a vision must not stand still and contemplate it; he must grab brush and paint and live his last noble moments in the shadow of solitariness. " " After I died, my paintings have made fortunes, I was paid little, not enough to survive my day; at times, money was scarce even to buy a canvass, but relying on providence I have been rewarded for my patience, and seeing you admire what I've created, makes me happy and worthy of my accomplishment. " " Thank you, kind friend for your valued company; I am a few yards from home: a grave with a granite headstone is the coldest place in the depths of the earth! Here, I'm warmed by sun rays...a return to a past life; may I ask you to take me back to my gilded frame? I feel a complete stranger after a long absence; my real home is not where I was born and painted... it's there in that landscape I call sweet refuge. " I walk him back as he straddles on his tired feet, and looking at me he warns, " Aspiring artist, don't let time be your merciless foe, defeat it with every ounce of courage, get to work! " I heed those prophetical words and ponder them along the lively path that resembles the one he had painted for humanity to appreciate beauty. Painting: " Les Alyscamps " by Vincent von Gogh Written on 5/6/2016