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| The Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) from the series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)” Art Institute of Chicago |
There is peace even in the storm.
– Vincent van Gogh
Watch Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (an interesting three minute film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z9zRbwh43I
"It seems to have been Vincent van Gogh and his brother, Theo, who were among the first people [outside of Japan] to discover and articulate what was so great about this print."
Nature Therapy
(for rest and relaxation)
April 1: John Muir
April 2: e.e. cummings and enra
April 3: Edith Wharton and Henri Matisse
April 4: Cesare Pavese
April 5: Anton Chekhov and Cat Stevens
April 6: Ray Bradbury and... cats
April 8: Albert Einstein and John Bohannon
April 10: Zelda Fitzgerald and Arvo Pärt
April 11: Elinor Wylie
April 12: David Ault and Imogen Heap
April 13: William Shakespeare and Alice Tzue
April 14: Bruce Garrabrandt and OK Go
April 15: Anne Kent Rush and Bill T. Jones
April 17: Jean Houston and Lunch Break Quartet
April 18: John Milton
April 20: Theodore Roethke and Charles Reznikoff
April 21: Octavio Paz and Salvador Dalí
April 22: Vincent van Gogh and Katsushika Hokusai
What a neat connection between Hokusai and VanGogh! You are really filling up the well well...
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