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I stood on the ground where
he stood,
looking at the same
church that he painted.
painting in my childish way,
believing I cannot paint.
We came early, on a sunlit morning,
my son and I,
to the same field
where Van Gogh painted.
70 paintings in 70 days.
He only worked for 6 years.
To think had he lived to be 80,
the paintings, painting, paintings!
His headstone a short walk away --
like walking through
a Van Gogh.
We stop there briefly
to read,
"here lies Vincent Van Gogh."
I hear him say,
"You think you cannot paint,
so by all means,
paint,
and that voice will be silenced."
church that he painted.
painting in my childish way,
believing I cannot paint.
We came early, on a sunlit morning,
my son and I,
to the same field
where Van Gogh painted.
70 paintings in 70 days.
He only worked for 6 years.
To think had he lived to be 80,
the paintings, painting, paintings!
His headstone a short walk away --
like walking through
a Van Gogh.
We stop there briefly
to read,
"here lies Vincent Van Gogh."
I hear him say,
"You think you cannot paint,
so by all means,
paint,
and that voice will be silenced."
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