Easters!

I was recently at the National Gallery in D.C. I did not know what to expect, I didn't do research beforehand. I just showed up with my school on our trip.

I was exploring the impressionists when suddenly I came face to face with Van Gogh's self portrait. Tears filled my eyes. I have been fascinated with his work for 20 years. To "look him in the eyes" like that was very unexpected. For me though, it was the texture and the brush strokes. I could see him making those brush strokes.

It was a treasured moment of beauty.