A Thing of Beauty

Vincent Van Gogh
Blossoming Almond Tree, 1890.
Oil on Canvas, 73.5 x 92cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Post-Impressionist Master

A thing of beauty rarely lasts, but never dies. Captured in your mind’s eye, through the lense of a camera, that gorgeous moment is emblazoned on your cornea, forever on your tongue, waiting to be remembered.

“They pass in a doorway a young girl whose beauty becomes the flowers about.”
-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, pg. 39

Cast some flowers about your house, arranged just so, in that particular vase you’ve been vying to fill with your favorite blooms. There really is no time like the present and as such, you shouldn’t let another day pass without having tasted this cherry pie…

It’s a thing of beauty and as such, will never fade from the annals of my kitchen…It’s my Marilyn Monroe, my classic…

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Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude IV, In My Living Room,
Chateau Marmont, Hollywood, 1992.
German-Born Photographer