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Sunday, October 24, 2010

art and stuff

hit the Norton Simon today. haven't been in a couple of years. it was much more crowded than I'm comfortable with... it's hard to really look at and experience art with idle chatter around... i think i spent equal time in the museum shop; it was less crowded. it's pretty cool, though. i really love to look at
the Picasso:    

Picasso's Woman With a Book



                                  













 the Matisse:


The Dessert, Harmony in Red, 1908





and the Bazille:

This is "Woman in Moorish Costume," or, "Mauresque," by Frederic Bazille. Ain't she purty?

I figure looking at art will help to hone that critical eye I want to further develop. will have to plan to attend a lot of performance pieces of all kinds, as well. a museum is wonderful, and yet it houses the past. i have spent too much time in the past... i need to be present.

modern dance, experimental theater, film festivals, opera (if i can find it subtitle-free, anyway) will have to somehow become food. i know this. i need a context. i think that may be why i am having trouble getting this blog off the ground... no context. haven't been out in the art world enough at all lately.

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