We have all seen it before of course,
In the art books at school,
Or as a print in a gallery.
But this morning there’s something else
Besides the blues, and the wind swept
Shapes there’s something unseen.
An energy of nature speaking direct.
And my mind shifts back to
Dave Pearson’s recreation of
Van Gogh’s bedroom in Haslingden,
Lancashire, to the finest detail
Exact and time-travelled .
Recognising the transmission,
Of a truth that great art is
Born of the heart not the head.
by the fellside 