Painting perfection

When it comes to art, there's no doubt that it can take many forms. If one were to ask me what my favorite form of art is I would not hesitate to say, "music, you ass," however, there are other forms of art that I hold high admiration for. One of which is the age old venue of expression and communication, painting. In this particular example, my overall favorite pice of art has to be Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night."

Ok, why "Starry Night?" Well, first and foremost it's the tittle. As technical as the painting is, the simple tittle accents it perfectly. When I look at the painting there are a lot of things that tend to occur. The first one is that I tend to put my self back on a hilltop I used to live on in Woodstock, Georgia. I didn't like the surrounding area too much...at all, but this hilltop made the place decent because it had the best view of the stars I had ever seen. I don't know if it was the land elevation (most likely not, cause that's just dumb) or what, but on many nights out there in the boondocks, I would just stand outside and look up, and just think about what was up there.

The second occurrence that happens is that I play music in my head; but not just any music though, I stare close and hear either "Clair De Lune" by Claud Debussy (the song in Ocean's 11, after the heist at the Bellagio fountain), or the main theme from Stephen Speilberg's futuristic Pinocchio story, "A.I." These songs are so much, "put you at peace songs" more-or-less, they're reflective and often lull me to sleep a bit.

The painting itself is beautiful. The extravagant blend of blues and yellows clashing over the silent town is almost violent, yet they blend in perfect harmony. I love the colors, and I especially believe that there's a hidden meaning in it's blend. The meaning: so much beauty happens in the chaos we don't understand. The universe is vast, and we know of it, and how things form, but we like to dream about it We like to sleep and whisk away in our minds to places unforeseen, much like the painting. I don't know, it's hard to explain really, but just know that it kicks major buttocks. The End. :)