last night we watched the film for the second time and i am doubly smitten
this morning i woke up wondering if i might read his last letter ...
the van gogh museum have curated all of the letters online
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let902/letter.html
clearly the letter in the fillum is a fictional device, but a clever one and entirely justifiable because the film is a work of art and not a documentary
and then i looked for what is thought to have been his last painting ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatfield_with_Crows
although some say it was this .... which would suit me better
the wikipedia item on van gogh's wheatfield paintings is valuable ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_Fields_(Van_Gogh_series)
among vincent's own words about his way of seeing were these ...
"I have a terrible lucidity at moments, these days when nature is so beautiful, I am not conscious of myself any more, and the picture comes to me as in a dream."
