Poetry on all sides
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 21-28 March 1883
We are surrounded by poetry on all sides, but putting it on paper is, alas, not as readily done as looking at it. . . .
To my mind the cold spell we had last week was the most perfect part of this winter. It was fantastically beautiful, what with the snow and the curious skies. The thawing of the snow today was almost more beautiful still. But it was typical winter weather, if I may call it that - the kind of weather that awakens old memories and lends the most ordinary things the sort of look one cannot help associating with stories from the age of stagecoaches and post chaises.
. . . Lately everything has a certain je ne sais quoi, which makes one feel like getting it down quickly on paper. Still, the whole of nature is an indescribably beautiful Black and White exhibition during such snow effects.
Letter 276
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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We are surrounded by poetry on all sides, but putting it on paper is, alas, not as readily done as looking at it. . . .
To my mind the cold spell we had last week was the most perfect part of this winter. It was fantastically beautiful, what with the snow and the curious skies. The thawing of the snow today was almost more beautiful still. But it was typical winter weather, if I may call it that - the kind of weather that awakens old memories and lends the most ordinary things the sort of look one cannot help associating with stories from the age of stagecoaches and post chaises.
. . . Lately everything has a certain je ne sais quoi, which makes one feel like getting it down quickly on paper. Still, the whole of nature is an indescribably beautiful Black and White exhibition during such snow effects.
Letter 276
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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