In Memory: Vincent van Gogh

Today is Sunday, 29 July 2007.

Warning: today's column may mutate drastically.

On this day in 1890, Vincent van Gogh died.

Wish I was back in New York City, standing before "Starry Night" at the Museum of Modern Art.

Almost as good:



First Mutation:



Second Mutation: The Clash, "Magnificent Seven":


Third Mutation:



Fourth Mutation:

José Saramago, Nobel Prize for Literature, from Portugal, wrote one of my favorite sentences (and I apologize I don't have this at the moment in the original language):

"All that dogs want, is that no one should ever leave".

Fifth Mutation: If you can't be in NYC this afternoon, here's a pallid surrogate for "Starry Night":

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/V/van_gogh/starry_night.jpg.html

Sixth Mutation: What would the day be without a little gem from Woody?:



Got a mutation you wanna add? Put the info in the comments; You Could Be a Winner!