i once shared a house with my best friends and my brother. we filled that house with a lot of laughter, a lot of noise, and love. one day on a whim, my brother brought back a big jigsaw puzzle, and we toiled over it day and night. we were at it round the clock - taking shifts to sleep and in mere 48 hours, the puzzle was done.

the “art” that we completed was van gogh’s cafe terrace at night. this cafe, which has been renamed to cafe van gogh, lies in in arles, france. today it is a popular tourist attraction. unsurprising, as van gogh spent some time here and painted over 300 pieces during his stay. in fact, the famous ear cutting incident happened right in arles.

a quick search brought these pictures, of how the cafe looks like today at night (akin to the painting) and in the day of light.

published on Jan 09 07 at 12:11 am under category : curiosities.