Under Van Gogh’s Night Sky

Proof that some skies live forever, not above us, but on canvas.

In the Van Gogh Museum, I stopped in front of a canvas that felt alive.
Starry Night Over the Rhône is not just a painting — it’s a night sky that refuses to stay still.

The deep blues ripple like moving water.
The yellows don’t sit quietly; they explode like bursts of fire across the canvas.
The reflections in the river shimmer as if they’ve only just been disturbed by a boat passing through.

As a photographer, I usually wait for the right moment — the exact second when light and stillness align.
Van Gogh, it seemed, never waited. He painted the world as if it was already moving.

Looking at this work, I felt like I wasn’t standing in a museum at all.
I was standing by the Rhône, on a night where the stars wouldn’t stop speaking.