Well sure. It would be nice to be able to see the real installation of Christo and Jean-Claude’s The Gates. If you can get to Central Park I highly recommend it. Here’s an alternative if you happen to live in Massachussetts and you can’t make it to New York. (Thanks to Anne B. for the link.)
Update: The photographs have unfortunately been removed from the site.
A few months ago, our friend Aamir made a gift of a special book to Eva. The other night as I was unable to sleep at 2:30 AM, I read the 110 pages of “The Old Man Mad About Drawing” by François Place with much delight. The story is a fictional account of a young boy’s relationship with the great Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
Woman in court dress, with a fan at her feet —Katsushika Hokusai
The book is a visual feast. Place’s illustrations are beautiful and give a great sense of the culture of the time. The typesetting in the book is also gorgeous and combined with a number of prints (actually photos of prints), by Hokusai himself, the read actually becomes therapeutic for the eyes.
Hokusai is probably most famous for the painting, “The Great Wave at Kanagawa” from a series entitled “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.” I believe he is also considered to be the inventor of the “Manga” technique of “thought up drawings.”
Well the wind has changed at 218 Gordon Ave. Our friend and nanny Marilú Vasquez has returned to her home in Lima, Peru. To say we will miss her doesn’t quite get it.
Being able to endure 200+ screenings of Mary Poppins was impressive. Having someone so completely competent and trustworthy to care for Marilyn was truly a gift. When Marilyn tries to say “I Miss Marilú” in a few days, she will be saying it in Spanish. Marilú you have been a joy for us. Thank-you.
"Do not be daunted by the world's grief. Do justly now, do mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obliged to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it."
— The Talmud
A picture:
Marilyn Jane!
A quote:
I found a small husband at the store but I’m not sure what to name him.
