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walk a lot, love nature, learn to see & understand art

“Always continue walking a lot and loving nature,

“for that’s the real way to learn to understand art better and better.

“Painters understand nature and love it,

“and teach us to see“

Vincent van Gogh, letter to his brother Theo, London, 1874


Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), “The Pink Orchard” (Arles, beginning of April 1888, oil on canvas) Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation

“The season of orchards in blossom is so short,

“and you know these subjects are among the ones that cheer everyone up.”

Vincent van Gogh, letter to his brother Theo, Arles, on or about 5 April 1888


Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), “Orchard Bordered by Cypresses,” (Arles, 1888, oil on canvas) Credit: Yale University Art Gallery, Promised Gift of William L. Bernhard, B.A.1954, and Catherine G. Cahill

See:

Vincent van Gogh, letter to his brother Theo, London, 1874, Van Gogh Museum

Vincent van Gogh, letter to his brother Theo, Arles, on or about 5 April 1888, Vincent van Gogh, The Letters

Vincent van Gogh, “The Pink Orchard” (1888), Van Gogh Museum

Vincent van Gogh, “Orchard Bordered by Cypresses” (1888), Yale University Art Gallery

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Architect Stefano Boeri-designed Liuzhou Forest City

Recognizing the capacity of trees and plants to absorb carbon pollution and the critical need for urban forests, Italian architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri has contributed to the design of Liuzhou Forest City, now under construction in China.

Intended to help provide homes for a rapidly growing population without creating more carbon pollution, the plan calls for terraced buildings with almost a million plants and 40,000 trees.

Should you have interest in tangible assets such as works of art, art collections, luxury, and/or real estate, all of which interact physically with their surroundings and all of which are affected by carbon pollution (excess of CO2), this news will be of interest.

Should you wish your tangible assets to perform at an optimal level, please feel free to be in touch.

See:

“China is building a futuristic ‘forest city’ with more trees than people” | Daisy Simmons, Yale Climate Connections, 26 December 2017

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