专辑 American Pie -The Greatest Hits
Vincent
“一个艺术家是一个有活要干的人，”他喃喃自语，“如果我不能照我所要画的方法去画，
那末活着就太索然无味啦。”
他光着头在田野里逛荡，吸收太阳的能量。他沉醉于天空的五光十色、黄色的火球、
绿色的田野和盛开的鲜花之中。他任凭西北风抽打他、深沉的夜空窒息他，向日葵把他的
想象力鞭挞到了爆炸点。他的亢奋状态一发起来，食欲便消失。他开始靠咖啡、苦艾酒和
烟草过日子。他彻夜不眠，田野的浓艳色彩在他的充血的眼前一一掠过。最后，他背上画
架，投入田野。
——摘自欧文·斯通《渴望生活》
我无比尊敬他，因为他画中狂热的色彩和生命力。我想，他是一个比任何人都懂得生命
意义的人。而我们往往只是在苦苦摸索和求证。一个人具有这样坚定的信念，并且投入全
身心去实现，实在叫人敬叹！也许你要说，这样的生活过于理想、空洞、疯狂、固执、不
切实际，但他在作品中所寄寓的、对生活几欲燃烧的热情，无论在多少年之后，都仍然能
使正活在平凡或不平凡中的人们深深感动。
所以借着这首曾经在阿姆斯特丹的梵高纪念馆前一遍一遍地放过的《Vincent》，怀念
这位虽生前孤独寂寞、却不断以画作演绎绚烂生命的伟大画家。
starry, starry night
paint your palette blue and gray
look out on a summer's day
with eyes that know the darkness in my soul
shadows on the hills
sketch the trees and the daffodils
catch the breeze and the winter chills
in colors on the snowy linen land
now I understand
what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free
they would not listen they did not know how
perhaps they'll listen now
starry, starry night
flaming flowers that brightly blaze
swirling clouds in violet haze
reflect in vincent's eyes of china blue
colors changing hue
morning fields of amber grain
weathered faces lined in pain
are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
now I understand
what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free
they would not listen they did not know how
perhaps they'll listen now
for they could not love you
but still your love was true
and when no hope was left inside
on that starry, starry night
you took your life as lovers often do
but I could have told you vincent
this world was never meant for one as
beautiful as you
starry, starry night
portraits hung in empty halls
frameless heads on nameless walls
with eyes that watch the world and can't forget
like the strangers that you've met
the ragged men in ragged clothes
the silver thorn of bloody rose
lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
now I think I know
what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free
they will not listen they're not listening still
附图：
秋天的风景 Autumn Landscape
纽南 1885.10
巴黎郊外 On the Outskirts of Paris
巴黎 1887 春
戴草帽的自画像 Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
巴黎 1887 夏
瓶中的雏菊和银莲花 Vase with Daisies and Anemones
巴黎 1887 夏
两朵向日葵 Two Cut Sunflowers
巴黎 1887.8-9
桃花盛开(纪念莫夫) Pink Peach Tree in Blossom(Reminiscence of Mauve)
阿尔 1888.3
播种者 The Sower
阿尔 1888.6
静物：十五朵向日葵Still Life:Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
阿尔 1888.8
自画像( 献给高更 ) Self-Portrait(Dedicated to Paul Gauguin)
阿尔 1888.9
星月夜(满天星斗的夜晚) Starry Night
圣雷米 1889.6
凡高的卧室 The Bedroom
圣雷米 1889年9月初
开花杏树 Blossoming Almond Tree
圣雷米 1890.2
静物:瓶中的鸢尾花 Still Life:Vase with Irises
圣雷米 1890.5
静物:黄色背景下的瓶中的鸢尾花 Still Life:Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background
圣雷米 1890.5
