Story Behind The Song

Although I am not an aficionado of the art of painting, I am moved and inspired by paintings, particularly, those of Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso. I can become mesmerized simply gazing into certain paintings. I am drawn to paintings that are a bit more adventurous and less realistic. Those that present life from an angle or through diffused light, creating a different perspective. I feel a sense of kinship with these two remarkable virtuosos and bunch them together with other artists who have been true to an inner light, unafraid to or unconcerned about, transgressing the accepted structure, guidelines and rules of their times. Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Socrates, Beethoven and Miles Davis also come to mind. Although van Gogh died when Picasso would have been nine,  I think the two of them would have much to discuss had they been of the same age and time. Perhaps, among possible topics would have been defining the essence of art. It is a conversation I have had often with my students, colleagues, acquaintances, family, and fellow transgressors over the decades.  My intent here was to bring that discussion or conversation between Vincent and Pablo to life in a way that both might have approached it with paint and canvas, abstractly, impressionistically through the sonic landscape of an acoustic guitar.  I can hear their different voices, hopefully you will as well.