Prague, absinth, Van Gogh.
This was shot in a bar in Prague. If you were having coffee, Mara and I would join with some absinth. We could have talked about Vincent Van Gogh’s landscape paintings, or the fact that he cut off the tip of his ear. Alternatively we could just get drunk and talk bullshit…
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Nice, it’s a fun painting to look at … so much detail. The bottle of absinth on the counter, and the green fairy … a blue cat. The guy with the bandage around his head … what’s the deal with that … trying to keep his brain inside his skull or what?! The wallpaper is really something. Outside the window, the streetlight look the way someone with cataract sees them. Boy, could he ever paint, Vincent 🙂
I think I’ll pass on the absinth — still a little scared, even though I’ve learnt now its reputation was somewhat exaggerated. I just associate it with Toulouse Lautrec.
So let’s just sit around … I could have a good cup of tea and still talk bullshit! That you can count on 😊
The guy with the bandage around his head is Vincent Van Gogh. He cut off a piece of his ear because he wanted to prove how much he loved some woman… The streets outside the window is influenced by one of Vang Gogh’s paintings.
Yeah, Starry Night. If people don’t know ANYTHING about Van Gogh, they always seem to have heard about the ear. LOL
I always loved that song.
LOL – very creative response CG – altho I didn’t think there was anyone left in the world who wouldn’t recognice VVG!!!
He’s the superstar of art!
This is a gift for me, love VVG
You’re a woman with great taste!
I know awesome is an over used word but this awesome! Nice shot and as far I can tell it would inspire one to improve upon the artfully application of bullshit.
Thanks a lot Jagged Man! The decorations in this bar was definitely something that kept my eyes busy while I was enjoying my drinks.
How perfect that would be… I enjoy absinthe over ice quite a bit, flavor and feelings that refresh. Great shot…
I normally don’t drink absinthe, but you know: when you’re in the Czech Republic…
Looks like a fun bar!
I was the only customer in there, but this was right after lunch on a weekday. Where are all the day-time absinth drinkers hiding?!?
It’s not every day you encounter a landscape like this… sadly 🙂
We should encounter these kind of landscapes more often.
I would get drunk and talk about my pussycat – as pictured in your landscape. Obviously, I was already drunk that day when I was trying to get to Prague and ended up on a train in the opposite direction. Btw, the madcap humour of your posts always gets me. I’m not going to cut my ear off to prove it though.
Madcap humor is one of my trademarks! Keep your ears intact Mara, I’ll take your word for it.
Fascinating picture, so much to see… its hard to take it in in one glance…
Edit: Sorry, replied on the phone and messed up which comment I was replying to, so I deleted my last comment which didn’t make sense at all…
Yes, it’s a lot of things going on in that photo. I love the references to Vincent Van Gogh and absinth.
This is a special kind of art. Cafe mural 🙂 How can I not love it!
I have to arrest you on that: it’s a bar mural. 😀
I don’t do cafe’s.
(well, I do from time to time, but I thought it sounded cool).