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Vincent – The Circle Of Life Painted in Yellow

“How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.” – Vincent Van Gogh

‘Sunflowers’ – Vincent Van Gogh –
Image from National Gallery, London

When The National Gallery newsletter announced their reader’s favorite painting for March last year, she was more than pleased. She had cast her vote. Seeing the image of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the article swept her back decades, to the first time she had visited the National Gallery. 

She stood before that painting in such awe and wonder. Seeing the sunflowers, yellow, with heads bent. Some are  naked, with petals dropped, they offer only their seed heads. Some in full yellow bloom, and one so young its leaves still cling to its stem, fifteen of them in all, a rich circle of life, gathered and standing in their yellow vase. The painting is signed along the vase. Vincent. Yes, simply Vincent. 

That was her first trip to London and she was thrilled to be there in the excitement of the city. Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Green Park, Hyde Park, St Paul’s,  Fleet St, The Tower and its Bridge. Westminster and the Tower of Big Ben. She knew she would return to London and the National Gallery for years to come and she did.  Now, it has been nearly twenty years since she last walked those streets and she does long to see them again.

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London

“If you hear a voice within you saying, ”You are not a painter,” then by all means paint… and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent van Gogh

Be Well. Stay Safe. Much Love.

Story & Photos: © 2022 Molly Cox

Sunflowers Image: National Gallery, London, UK

Safe Journey

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” 

-John Muir 

Stopping In A Desert Garden

I found you hidden in this place. A garden spot. This garden in the desert. Thirsty and dry. The desert attracts people. Draws people.

I’ve always felt a power in the desert. It’s sun charging everything with its brilliance and warmth. It naturally conserves its resources and quenches its thirst at night. It fills me with joy.

Brad said the desert is boring and only brown, but the colors of the desert do go beyond brown. Beyond the tones of umber and chestnut. There are greens. Greens in the colors of spring grasses and dried sages. The purples sometimes will stretch themselves to bloom in blue. The dead heads of blooms will fade from dirty white to a luminous shade of wheat grass. A speck of yellow always jumps from gold when lit by the sun. Rarer hues of crimson and apricot offer their faces in the smallest of weeds. A silver twinkles when moonlight plays in the desert dirt.

The beauty of a garden offers comfort, it whispers softly, gently.

Suzanne painted it once. The desert. She called it the Colors of Love. She used the same artist’s palette as in the desert here. 

I’ll meet you in the desert garden at the end of this day and we will drink awhile. Sleep awhile. Tomorrow, after coffee we will recharge in its sun and then we will continue our way home. Safe Journey.

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
-Lao Tzu

Be Well. Stay Safe. Much Love. 

Story & Photos: © 2021 Molly Cox