5070 - When I’m alone

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou

“When I’m alone
I have less need of society
from working without brake,
and for this reason I constantly order
canvas and colors.
I feel life
only when I’m working
like possessed.”

This creativity that others saw as chore
was the only way of living for Vincent.
Not only to reciprocate
Théo’s generosity,
but also as self–confirmation.
This letter indicated the essence
of solitude through creativity.
No need of a futile society
which is gorged by superfluity.
The canvas and colors
are sufficient to create
and to participate in the course of the world
in the future of Humanity
not, even alone,
but, mostly alone.