Sunday, March 13, 2022

Putting it on paper

Poetry surrounds us everywhere,
    but putting it on paper is, alas,
        not so easy as looking at it.

When I have a terrible need of --
    shall I say the word -- religion,
        then I go out and paint the stars.

            Vincent Van Gogh, 1888 letter to his brother Theo

 

 

 

 

 


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