The Starry Night

I never had art classes in my life, but I know some pieces of art, the most famous. One of these is the painting called The Starry Night, an oil on canvas done by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh. It was painted in June in 1889 while Van Gogh was living in the Saint-Remy-de-Provence sanitarium.

While he lived there, Van Gogh painted approximately eight hundred letters. Around six hundred fifty was for his younger brother, who gave him help to paint giving him selfless monetary assistance. With his younger brother he had a close relationship.

I like this painting because when I look at it I think in the Vincent’s sadness, sadness for stay in the sanitarium alone, maybe wishing be out, with another people, or sadness for wanting to feel better. He died in France, in July in 1890.

The last year, the English teacher shows to class a song about Vincent Van Gogh, played by the singer Don Mclean, called Vincent (Starry Starry Night).  It’s a very beautiful song, next you can read my favorite extract.

Now I understand

What you tried to say to me

And how you suffered for your sanity

And how you tried to set them free

An oasis in the chilean north

One of my favorite photos is this. It was taken by me in the autumn, the last year.  It shows a beautiful place called Alto del Carmen.  Alto del Carmen is a town located in the third region of Atacama, in the Chilean north. How you can see, geographically is a valley surrounded by mountains.  Although is in the north, characterized by being dry, here you can find a lot of kinds of native vegetation, besides a significant portion of the population work as farmer. This place is like an oasis in the desert, but not for a long time, because water scarcity threatens with finish with the vegetation and the life there. Yes, that is very sad.

I like this photo for two reasons. First, because I live there with my family since fifteen years ago, so I like that others know my home. And the second reason is because it shows a general view of the place, the mountains, the vegetation, the houses, the trees and the clouds. I think is a very beautiful place.

I hope you can visit it any day.