May 2023
LITTLE RED LACQUER BOX
I peer inside
Van Gogh's
little red lacquer box
full of nothing
but
a jumble of wools
odd ***** of it
yellow & blue
wrestle together
orange & yellow
sneaking in & out
of themselves
a simple tool
studying the interaction
of how colours
seek each other out
compliment the other
or have a row
touching in its
simplicity
the myth of him
becoming
ordinary
man again
*
Went to see a Van Gogh major exhibition in the Rijksmuseum and it was this little box of coloured wools was what touched me in its simplicity. The note books of his drawings and notes were so detailed and thorough.
I peer inside
Van Gogh's
little red lacquer box
full of nothing
but
a jumble of wools
odd ***** of it
yellow & blue
wrestle together
orange & yellow
sneaking in & out
of themselves
a simple tool
studying the interaction
of how colours
seek each other out
compliment the other
or have a row
touching in its
simplicity
the myth of him
becoming
ordinary
man again
*
Went to see a Van Gogh major exhibition in the Rijksmuseum and it was this little box of coloured wools was what touched me in its simplicity. The note books of his drawings and notes were so detailed and thorough.
