From a Wall of Verdant Green

 

There are moments when you encounter a thing of true beauty.
Life stands still as it impresses on the mind.

I remember the day I encountered the physicality of Vincent Van Gogh's self portrait at the Museum of Groningen, in the Netherlands.  Out of the corner of my eye, from against a wall of verdant green, his gaze pierced through time and caught me as if by chance...

I stood mesmerized by the intensity of the light rippling across the painted surface.
The depths of such love carved its likeness in me.

may we remember such moments forever.