RHYTHM VAN GOGH
DR GACHET’S IN A FUNK
EYES RESIGNED, SO SAD
HEAD RESTING SO DESOLATELY
IN HIS UPTURNED HAND
AS HE SITS FOR HIS PORTRAIT
THE PICTURE OF DEFEAT
HE SEES REALITY TOO CLEARLY NOW
HIS FAILURE, ALL BUT COMPLETE
VINCENT IS CONSUMED,
EXHAUSTED & ODDLY REMOVED
STANDING AT THE EASEL
LOST IN FEVERISH OEUVRE
IS IT VANITY, IMPOTENCE
SELF INDULGENCE OR SELF HATE
THAT PREVENTS HIM FROM
RETURNING FROM THIS STATE?
THERE GOES THE LONE BLACK CROW
THERE GOES THE LONE BLACK CROW
THERE GOES THE LONE BLACK CROW
THERE GOES …….RHYTHM VAN GOGH
SHIMMERING POPPIES, PULSATING PINES
INSIDE OUTSIDE STAVES CONES & VINES
NO DUALISM SEPARATES VINCENT’S BODY/MIND
VISION AS VIBRATION THE TRACING & CAPTURE OF TIME
A SPIRALING GREEN TURQUOISE SKY
A COUPLE WALKING THROUGH A CRESCENT MOON
A PINE CONE, MOSS COVERED FOREST FLOOR
BIRDS ON THE WING FLEEING THE GATHERING STORM
& THEN UP,UP, IN TO THE WOE
UP,UP, IN TO THE WOE
UP,UP, IN TO THE WOE
THERE GOES …..RHYTHM VAN GOGH
I’M STILL WARMED BY HIS SUN’S RAYS
I CAN STILL SMELL HIS WILD FLOWERS
I CAN SEE THE WHEAT SWAY, ALMOST GROW
LIE PEACEFULLY IN HIS OLIVE GROVE
THERE’S A MOVEMENT IN THE STARS (YOU KNOW IT)
THERE’S A MOVEMENT IN THE SKIES (HE SHOWS IT)
FEEL LIKE I’M SEEING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
PERCEPTION SO FRESH, SO ELECTRIC SO ALIVE
HE WAS IN TUNE HE WAS IN MOTION —
UNDIVIDED DEVOTION
HE WAS IN TOUCH, HE HAD THE NOTION
THAT ALL LIFE WAS IN MOTION
THERE GOES THE LONE BLACK CROW
THERE GOES THE LONE BLACK CROW
THERE GOES THE LONE BLACK CROW
THERE GOES ……….RHYTHM VAN GOGH
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THE TRIAL OF VINCENT VAN GOGH
“Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name”-Jagger/Richards
INQ
MR. VAN GOGH.
VG
VAN GO
INQ
VAN GOGH.no?
VG
VAN GOGH? NO. VAN GO, VA BENNE
GACHET
VAN GAUGH
INQ
ARE YOU HIS COUNSEL?
GACHET
NO I AM HIS DOCTOR
IS HE ILL DR GA. SHIT?
VG
ITS GACHET
INQ
GACHET
INQ
VG
INQ
I’M TALKING TO THE DOCTOR GASHIT NOW
GACHET
bWELL? NO. HE HAS WILD SWINGS OF MOOD.
VG
ITS GACHET. BUT CALL HIM PAULIE
GACHET
CALL HIM VINNIE
INQ
IF HE ISN’T SICK WHY DOES HE NEED A DOCTOR?
OK MR VAN GOGH WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
VG
I WAS BORN IN HOLLAND. I HAVE LIVED IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM
AND CONSIDER MYSELF ITALIAN.
INQ
AND WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
VG
WELL, I STUDIED TO BE A PRIEST
BUT IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE MY TRUE CALLING.
NOW I PAINT BUT HAVE SOLD ONLY ONE PAINTING
WHICH IS WHY I AM SUPPORTED BY MY AGENT.
INQ
WHO HAPPENS TO BE YOUR BROTHER …..THEODORE
VG
YES
INQ
OUR REPORTS SAY THAT YOU WERE THROWN OUT OF ART SCHOOL IN ANTWERP. MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T BE A PAINTER EITHER?
VG
GAUGUIN SAYS THE SAME THING AFTER HE’S HAD A FEW DRINKS
INQ
GO ON?
VG
IT’S GAUGUIN AND I WASNT THROWN OUT OF ART SCHOOL I QUIT.
ING
IS IT TRUE THAT YOUR PAINTING THE POTATOE EATERS IS PROPOGANDA FOR MIGRANT WORKERS WHOSE UNION, WE ARE SURE, IS BEING ORGANIZED BY SOCIALISTS AND ANARCHISTS?
VG
YAH. (HIS HEAD SHAKING THE OTHER WAY)
INQ
NOW, NOW, MR VANZETTI WE HAVE AUTHORITARIAN SOURCES.
GACHET
(VG LOOKS AT GACHET QUIZZICALLY)THEY PROBABLY DO
INQ
THAT WILL VOUCH THAT YOUR PAINTING
IS SOCIALIST RABBLE ROUSING .
VG
WELL I GUESS YOU GOT ME ON THAT ONE
INQ
I DON’T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS
OF THIS COMMITTEE MR VAN GOTTI
VG
ART,IN MY BELIEF, IS A MISSION, IS A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DENIED A VOICE, FOR ALL THOSE ABLE TO HEAR THE CRIES OF HARDWORKING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
INQ
ARE YOU SAYING WHAT I THINK YOU ARE SAYING
MR VAN GOTCHA?
VG
PAULIE, WHAT’S WITH THIS GUY
GACHET
I THINK HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH HIS HEARING
VG
THOSE WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR, LET THEM HEAR.
THOSE WHO HAVE NONE,LET THEM HAVE ONE OF MINE.
(CRACKS HIS EAR OFF AND GIVES IT TO THE INQ)
INQ
GAAAAASHIT ALMIGHTY
VG
ITS GACHET
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r.i.p. JAY BYRD
see tightrope webpage and YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nigOrDoH-T8
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