Cafe Terrace At Night

Arles. 1888. Van Gogh set up his easel outside at night. Just the glow of the café and the stars.

He wrote to his sister, said he wanted to paint the night without using black. Just color against color. That yellow. That blue. That's not an accident. That's a decision.

You've sat at a table like that. Outside, late, not ready to go home yet. The conversation going, not wanting it to stop.

Van Gogh painted that exact feeling in 1888. And it still hits.