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'Studie' op Vincent's Zonnebloemen @home


"I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse,
which shouldn't come as a surprise to you because I am busy painting huge sunflowers."
―Vincent van Gogh

Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe 2015
'125.000' zonnebloemen rondom het Park,
ter gelegenheid van 125e sterfdag Vincent van Gogh

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

It's what sunflowers do."

―Helen Keller

Zonnebloemen door Christa Rosier

"The gaudy leonine sunflower

Hangs black and barren on its stalk

And down the windy garden walk

The dead leaves scatter - hour by hour."

―Oscar Wilde

Rich Mullins,

mijn geestelijk vader in een zonnebloemenveld, eind jaren '80


"I think that a lot of us think that someday we're going to become
the Van Gogh of Christianity --
that we're going to paint something truly, truly beautiful,
and God is going to be so impressed that He's going to hold us up and say,
'Here's an exemplary Christian.'
But you know what, I think God just likes people to scribble however awful it comes out.
And then He goes, 'This is my kid's.'"
―Rich Mullins, 1997

Vaas met Twaalf Zonnebloemen

Vincent van Gogh, Arles, augustus 1888

Neue Pinakothek, München, Duitsland

Henri Nouwen, begin jaren '90 :-)
De Zonnebloemen hingen in Henri's kantoor in Toronto Canada,
in het midden het portret van Armand Roulin, 1888.
Voor Nouwen was Van Gogh een "Reisgenoot".
For me too

Vaas met Vijftien Zonnebloemen

Vincent van Gogh, Arles, januari 1889

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


"Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk,
but no flowers grow on it."
―Vincent van Gogh

"And when these things begin to come to pass,
then look up,
and lift up your heads;
for your redemption draws near."
―Luke 21:28

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