Jun 03 2022
Immersive
Going from one extreme to the other, I visited the City twice in six weeks after not being there for almost a decade.
It was a beautiful drive through wine country. The vines were leafed out, and the hills were transitioning from winter’s green to summer’s gold. The fields were replete with wildflowers and baby animals as spring tipped into summer. I even managed to nab this photo of a barn which is one of the landmarks on the journey:
After checking into my usual modest motel in my old neighborhood, I headed out to the Immersive van Gogh exhibit, at Market and Van Ness. I went up the stairs:
At the top of them, there was a slide show giving a brief overview of van Gogh’s all too brief life:
I hadn’t realized that his painting career was so short: he started painting when he was 27, and died when he was 37. He received no formal art training, and he produced so much beauty in so little time!
The exhibit was a wonderful experience. Van Gogh’s paintings were projected all over the alls, floors, and those of us lucky enough to be in the audience. The images bloomed into each other, and in some cases, like The Starry Night, started with what looked like shooting stars:
before changing into the painting:
There was music to accompany the beautiful images:
The show ended with van Gogh’s signature projected on the walls:
a simple, poignant “Vincent”. I left the show dazzled by the beauty and filled with emotion at being part of something so beautiful and so ephemeral, fitting for an artist who blazed so brightly and so briefly.
A YEAR AGO: Enjoying an extra long holiday weekend.
FIVE YEARS AGO: A fabulous birthday week.
TEN YEARS AGO: An amazing 50th birthday: the Beach Boys, Chinatown, shopping, henna painting!
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