The Art of Marriage

Gallery Talk takes a tour down a slightly different path this week as I celebrated my anniversary this week with my bride of 26 years. 

The Magnitude of my wedding anniversary caused me to ponder on the art of marriage, more exactly what art piece most closely depicts my life & marriage? 

Interesting, but scary,  the first image that popped into my mind was the famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's "Skirk".  The Norwegian word S-K-I-R-K is cognate with the English word Shriek but traditionally the title of this piece is translated  "The Scream"  My bride tells me I have a strange sense of humor and yes I guess I have had like many marriages moments of shear terror, but terror has not been the dominant theme. 

I would say upon reflection my marriage is more like Vincent Van Goghs "Starry Night".  The image is one of Van Goghs most popular, it features a night sky filled with swirling clouds, stars ablaze with their own luminescence, there's a bright crescent moon, everything's a bit exaggerated. The sky keeps the viewers eye moving following the swirling curves and chunky dots of stars.  Below the stars a quite town and to the left side of the painting a prominent massive dark structure, maybe it's a mountain, a tree, or bushes, anyway there it is my marriage in an art piece.   The bright moments of joy flowing in a life of unknown, the peace and tranquility of the night town, my comfort with my brides love and conviction.  The dark features of mountain or trees,  well that's the mysterious unknown.  It all kinda fits when you look further into the history.  Starry Night was painted in 1888 when Van Goghs was interned in the Arlise sanitarium, this fact just reminding me that the mystery of life and marriage are not always what it seems. 

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26 years of marriage made possible by a strong women who puts up with a lot of insanity

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