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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStarry Starry Night Paint your solar bike path blue and gray
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
Dutch artist and designer Daan Roosegaarde has created a beautiful and innovative glowing bike path that, when illuminated at night by glowing pebbles and LEDs, looks like Van Goghs famous Starry Night painting.
The kilometer-long bike path, which was created using both glow-in-the-dark technology and solar-powered LEDs, is located in Brabant, the Dutch county where Van Gogh was born and raised.
The swirling, glowing forms on the paths surface will help bicyclists stay on track when they ride at night.
http://www.boredpanda.com/van-gogh-starry-night-glowing-bike-path-daan-roosegaarde/
lunatica
(53,410 posts)MuseRider
(34,109 posts)producing a nice smile in the middle of the muck. Thanks, this is very cool.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)K&R
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)I too wish I had walks like that around my house.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Coventina
(27,119 posts)I was thinking the exact. same. thing.
kentuck
(111,094 posts)That should be in every park in America.
swilton
(5,069 posts)A real treasure!
http://www.nh.gov/dot/programs/bikeped/traffic.htm
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)Stare at the circle (No-no monster is going to scream at you) and then look at the painting - it comes alive.
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Divernan
(15,480 posts)He's my favorite artist, both for his works and for the kindnesses he displayed to fellow artists, despite his own sufferings.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)The part describing and showing the bike path starts a bit before the 9 minute mark, but well, well worth watching the whole video.
A true visionary!
Delphinus
(11,830 posts)Thanks for sharing!