Sunday Afternoon



It was great to spend the whole day at the Met before they kicked us out.



We went through the wonderful rooms (our favorite, the Wisteria room was so dark it was close to impossible to get any reference shots)

I loved this poof that was worn out by people looking at this painting.

You know I love Reliquaries and Cabinets


And the many oddities - A wonderful grotto scene, a paper masterpiece, strange furniture
And I simply MUST find these light bulbs!
We first saw them in Frankfurt many years ago. They have a electro magnet in them to make the actual lamp "jiggle" every once and a while, making the bulb feel like a flame that has an occasional flicker.
Please - someone help me find them!
The new American Wing is truly wonderful:


Wax Fruit and What a banquet table SHOULD look like:


We sondered through the small Egyptian collection (only 36,000 pieces, thank you very much)
For friends with initials of C and D


And yes, one of those photos does not belong in the MET, but at Surplus Tools on Alameda in Denver. Which one is it?
Of course, We LOVE open storage!


After an exhausting feast of art and design, we found a wonderful restaurant Cafe Linda and had some hot pasta to warm up with. What a day.
And this is day #1!!!!!!

A Week in NYC - Travel Blog - Sunday


First thing Sunday morning, Jayne Shape-shifted to our Hotel (the arty Roger Smith) and the three of us went up to the MET (Museum) to spend the whole day. It was the last day of ART OF THE SAMURAI, so we started there. What an amazing exhibit. They didn't allow photography, so some of these images are from postcards, and others from the MET's permanent collection, which we were allowed to photograph.
Two things struck me about Japanese armour. One, the mix of materials for their function, aesthetics, weight, movement, is astonishing - Steel, silk, paper, leather, lacquer...
Two, the earliest examples seemed as much about becoming large insects or monsters and scaring your opponent as it was body protection.
I guess these are simple things, but as I think about a body of work I have been noodling for a few years "Viatica of the New Warriors", these epiphanies are handy.

Deep In

I can't even get a photo to upload today. I must be in the middle of production. My emotions are going off like bad chinese fireworks left in the rain, dried in an old barn and lit 6 years later without a thought. No pretty fountains of inspiration, only side shooting fire and dense smoke.
CHARGE ON!
Past the thoughts of the perfect piece, the coordinated masterpiece. Charge on past the classical process and pondered stroke. Charge on to manifest what you pray is a genuine essence in this pile of junk, these ramblings and bits of work.
Charge on to the deadlines, and reach them alive.