Gustave Caillebotte - Blog Posts

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3 months ago

Gustave Caillebotte, Vue de toits, Effet de Neige (View of Rooftops, effects of snow), 1878, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

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6 months ago

Rising Road (Detail)
Gustave Caillebotte, 1881

L. V., i found this poem straining to hear your voice

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9 months ago

Detail of "Jeune homme à la fenêtre" ("Man at the Window")
Gustave Caillebotte, 1875

I was watching a film the other day. The boy confessed: I can’t stand the silence—I need to speak to you.

- L. V.

And it reminded me of the first time I fell in love. It wasn’t with a boy. It was with silence.

- L. V.

In a dream, the world shut its mouth forever and the backyard flowers began to bloom in colours we have yet to name.

- L. V.

We learned to make music another way—first with hands and feet. Later, with the way we breathe.

- L. V.

Isn’t it strange how even love could backfire? Because here I am years later and I couldn’t care less for silence anymore. I can’t stand it—speak to me.

- L. V.

L. V., i found this poem rereading a book you gave me years ago