Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, it's a true story. I was nine or so. Allan On Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at 05:29 PM, Feliciano di Giorgio wrote: > I hope you are making this up. > > > feli > > > Allan Wafkowski wrote: >> >> When I was a young boy, my class went on a field trip to the >> Metropolitan Museum of Art. Van Gogh was my hero that year, so when we >> entered the room that held the van Goghs, I peeled off from the group >> and sat on a bench, staring at one of the sunflower paintings. Soon my >> classmates left, and I was alone. Staring at the painting, with the >> murmur of footsteps in the background, I was entranced to be sitting >> alone in a roomful of van Gogh's colorful paintings. After a restful >> pause, I left my seat, and walked toward the painting, and stopped only >> inches away. Enchanted by the swirling colors and thick, pasty pigment, >> I reached up and plucked off a small piece of paint and put it in my >> change pocket. I then left to meet up with my class. >> >> I arrived home with my dangerous secret, and when I changed my >> clothes I >> couldn't decide where to put the paint chip for fear of losing it, so I >> left it in my change pocket and neatly folded my pants and placed them >> on my bed. The next day when I left for school, the pants and paint >> chip >> were still folded on my bed. When I returned home, they were gone. I >> asked my mother if she had taken them, and she answered, "Yes, I washed >> them." >> >> That was it--the van Gogh chip was gone. Just as well, I suppose. My >> conscience would have made me return the chip at some later date. >> Perhaps thirty years after the fact, I would have called the museum and >> explained the missing chip story. Still, if I had the chip, and did >> call, and an amused museum worked and said, "Forget it," I would be the >> bearer of one official van Gogh sunflower paint chip from >> painting--well, I don't remember which one. >> >> Allan >> >> On Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at 01:32 PM, Feliciano di Giorgio wrote: >>> Raimo Korhonen wrote: >>>> >>>> Yeah - van Gogh never sold any paintings in his life. >>>> All the best! >>>> Raimo >>> >>> I heard that after he died, a farmer used some of his paintings to >>> patch >>> holes in a fence or barn. >>> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > > When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to smile all the time. > -Ethan Ormsby > ________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) 314-2800 ext.3074 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html