Lea Pilovski | Israel
To the Head Nurse at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, from Arles There’s a bridge here now, I’ve finally found a yellow that is so right. If you›re not waiting for me there I had best stay here. The beauty of this city will impress me deeply, especially the dazzling light and striking colors of Provence. Bouts of depression and hallucination or whatever you may choose to call them, will drive me to sever a piece of my earlobe, or maybe lose it in a heated brawl. Despite my mental state or thanks to it I will create the Sunflowers and the Café Terrace at Night. Don’t worry, I will consent to being committed to the sanatorium at Saint-Rémy. Do worry, this hospitalization won›t prevent me from getting up one day and shooting myself in the chest but don’t worry none of this will happen in Arles, here there’s still a bridge and hope that you’ll be there when I return. That you’ll be there. That I’ll return.
Translaed from Hebrew by Daniel Oz
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