Peintresurlerhone 13 agosto24

During my journey through France, I found myself in Arles, the town famous for Van Gogh. Here, where the great painter created many of his masterpieces, I stood exactly at the spot where he painted “Starry Night Over the Rhône.” It was daytime, and the view of the river was pleasant but not extraordinary. I wondered how magnificent that starry night must have been in Van Gogh’s time. Perhaps I should come back at night.

I felt excited to be in the very place that had inspired such an iconic painting. Yet, as I looked around, no one seemed to care. It was an ordinary day: people walking, returning from work, cars passing by.

Then, suddenly, I noticed a painter. I immediately approached him, captivated by the atmosphere of the moment. I observed his paintings, but none depicted the Rhône or the view of “Starry Night.” And yet, he was right there, in front of the same landscape that had once inspired Van Gogh. I wondered why, and then I understood: perhaps inspiration doesn’t come solely from what we see but from what we feel inside.

The painter by the Rhône had the same panorama before him, yet his canvases were filled with lavender fields. Perhaps he came there seeking inspiration, just as Van Gogh once did, but his vision led him elsewhere. After all, sometimes it is not what we see in front of us that matters, but how a place makes us travel within our minds.

Inspiration is a mysterious phenomenon, an energy that does not always arise from what we see with our eyes but from what we perceive with our souls. It is not merely a reflection of reality but a personal reinterpretation, a window into an inner world expressed through color, words, or music. Van Gogh did not just paint a starry night; he translated his inner vision, his way of feeling the universe, into brushstrokes.

Perhaps the painter I encountered by the Rhône was doing the same. Perhaps he found his starry night in the lavender fields, his own way of telling the beauty of the world. And in the end, isn’t that the true essence of art? Not to faithfully reproduce what surrounds us, but to transform it, make it vibrate with emotion, and render it eternal through our unique and unrepeatable vision.

I chose Divenire by Einaudi because it perfectly captures the atmosphere of Starry Night and the sense of inspiration it conveys.

I wish for everyone to find their inner peace, to be guided by creativity, and to discover the perfect place where they can feel serene, in harmony, and with an open mind. To inspire each other, because in the end, we are made for this: to soar with our minds, to set our ideas free without boundaries, to turn dreams into reality. There are no limits to what we can achieve if we allow our soul to be our guiding light, and our passion the wind that pushes us forward, just like that painter who, with every brushstroke, captured infinity in his world, unafraid to dare, always in search of new perspectives.

Le peintre sur le Rhône