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Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 07:29AM | by BVD | in Sunset Paintings | tagged F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby | | Post a Comment
The sun going down on a mostly clear summer day, a dark green atmosphere starting to form underneath the great oaks – darker for the brightness of the sunset – puts me in mind of the evening trees and green lawns of West Egg, in the spaces between Nick Carraway’s cottage and Gatsby’s mansion. Pretty funny, considering I’m standing in a yard that hasn’t been mowed in a few weeks, looking past a garden waist-high with weeds, and the nearest party is likely to consist of a few drunken yahoos screaming and tossing bottles out by the county road. But thanks, Scott Fitzgerald, for creating this part of the world for me, this atmosphere under the trees.