MoMA: Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889

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It's like a torrent, it's like an avalanche, it's just so much energy.
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On a visceral level it reminds me of a lavender cupcake
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because the icing is so thick and so layered,
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it's so scrumptious...
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The swirls, the patterns, the movement,
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the dark lines that surround all the houses...
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The village is more stable and quiet, but everything else around it is rumbling and flowing.
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The sky expands beyond this place... "I'm going to go beyond this place..."
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What we're picking up is his emotions...
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I see the stars' pure wedding and creating their own dance, almost like a meditation.
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I was hiking in New Mexico, it wasn't like these stars that were so far away.
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It was like the universe was around you and not this thing million miles away.
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I think it allows people to dream.

Title:: MoMA: Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889
Description:: The Museum of Modern Art
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Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4" (73.7 x 92.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, 1941

Filmed by The People's DP, Inc

Special thanks to Laura Alvarez, Vivian G. Hinojosa, Catherine Hogg, Jason Molina, Cassandra Rose, Carlos A. Scolari, Matthew D. Wallace and Royal Young

© 2010 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

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Video Language:: English
Duration:: 01:09

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