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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 02:43 PM Sep 2015

Starry 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 Gogh’s 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 path’s 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/













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Starry Starry Night Paint your solar bike path blue and gray (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 OP
I love it! lunatica Sep 2015 #1
A nice idea MuseRider Sep 2015 #2
What a beautiful idea and rendering! suffragette Sep 2015 #3
Gorgeous! Would love this for my front walkway. nt Mojorabbit Sep 2015 #4
That is beautiful. passiveporcupine Sep 2015 #5
Meanwhile, somewhere in America.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #6
You totally robbed my brain!! Coventina Sep 2015 #10
That is cool ! kentuck Sep 2015 #7
Bookmarked swilton Sep 2015 #8
oh boy, I'm loving this and getting into my Vincent thing again... CTyankee Sep 2015 #9
Wanta' blow your mind on Starry Night? packman Sep 2015 #11
Absolutely exquisite. Thank you. Divernan Sep 2015 #12
Found this amazing video by the creator suffragette Sep 2015 #13
Cool! Delphinus Sep 2015 #14
Gorgeous. Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #15
 

packman

(16,296 posts)
11. Wanta' blow your mind on Starry Night?
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 05:35 PM
Sep 2015

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)
12. Absolutely exquisite. Thank you.
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 05:46 PM
Sep 2015

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)
13. Found this amazing video by the creator
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 06:28 PM
Sep 2015
https://m.


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!
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