His desire for solitude brought him to the wilderness, because he was stressed by the demands of everyday life, so he felt the need to get away. Out here he was transported to a calm state, which gave him the balance he required, so he could enjoy all of the sights, sounds, smells, and other sensations that had become numb because the city where he lived, robbed him of that. Ever since he read “The Call Of The Wild” in Middle School, he wanted to be one with nature. George has been escaping to the outdoors for as long as he could remember, as he loves hiking and camping. He was playing guitar in his tent, when this yearning desire to breathe fresh air overwhelmed him. George needed to experience the various sensual and natural pleasures that he had sadly let slide for far too long. The campground which he was staying at was not totally off the grid, as it had showers, bathrooms, and electricity and for George this was serenity.
George knew it was getting late so he took his Bell + Howell LED Taclight Lantern with him when he went out for a walk. He stood in the middle of this field watching the setting sun, as the night sky was coming alive. He wanted to be lost in this moment, taking in all of the burning bright lights that were appearing in the night sky. George realized that nothing is more natural than the cycle of sunset to night to sunrise, and he was going to catch it all, as he felt this is the greatest show on earth. George has a coffee mug with the Vincent van Gogh painting ‘Starry Night’ on it which was painted while he was staying in an asylum. Vincent was being treated for epileptic fits, when began to suffer these hallucinations and he had thoughts of suicide as he plunged deeper into depression. Van Gogh incorporated a tonal shift into this painting, dominating it with blue, maybe because he was sad at the time when he painted this. The sky is the divine, giving the viewer a dreamlike state of night stars. Some see this work as being unreal, but George sees it as being beyond human comprehension and probably best if it stays just out of reach. George couldn’t help himself as he just burst our singing lyrics from Don McLean’s ‘Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)’. “Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue and gray. Look out on a summer’s day, with eyes that know the darkness in my soul.”
Written for Sadje at Keep It Alive What Do You See #188.