Art Inspiration

 

I saw this self-portrait painting of Van Gogh about a year ago in the history class I was in. It was a poster on the wall right near the desk I was sitting at. It made me inspired with art and the art history class I took back in junior college.

I would think of this poster when I was in the classroom next door starting in the new year, and it made me inspired. It was January and new year 2022 and I was getting back into swimming again. 

I would think about how close God is to us-with the symbolic thinking of that wall separating the two classrooms, and on the other side was the Van Gogh self-portrait and on the other side was random papers on the wall, and other miscellaneous things. 

When I went to adoration, this reminder came again- how close He is to us. And then I was inspired again by prayer and swimming which happened after adoration. 

I was so inspired by art and Van Gogh, so I put up a poster in my room, which was Van Gogh's starry night. 

This painting is so famous and can be seen almost everywhere. This poster my sister gave me as she used to have it in her first apartment as a newlywed. And a coworker gifted me with a bookmark with the same image on it. 

As we soon enter into a new year, it gives me inspiration for more art, and possibly learn more about Van Gogh and other artists and relive those art history days.