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{For chronological accuracy, I had back-dated posts about Greenbelt, Wales, and Ireland, which means they didn’t get into the RSS feed (near as I can tell). I’m not backdating the rest, in part to avoid that issue and also to have a record of how mad things have been since my return. I still have all the post-Greenbelt photos to process!}
Mon (Sept 3) 17:15
At the National Gallery but my body, particularly my eyes, have given out; and, only 15 minutes until I walk around to the offices to pick up Jen and find someplace to meet Steve for drinks (and I could eat despite having had breakfast and lunch).
I thought it interesting I went from the Design Museum to the Tate Modern to the National Gallery – from the most specific to the least, and my excitement and interest inversely relate to that.
(In my notebook I drew a graph. I was going to recreate the graphic for this post. It’s not going to happen. Use your imagination.)
[St. Francis in Meditation,
by Francisco de Zurbaran]14
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But damn. I do love art.
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Art has a particular smell, one that takes me back to the gallery days and of course, unfortunately, a person
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Saw so many similarities, where Dallas artists are derivative (but still amazing). One obvious one: Dan Flavin -> Tim Stokes
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Saw Dali and Film but was a little underwhelmed, except for the process it revealed
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Dragging myself out of the Tate gift shop. Seeing the same book I wanted three years ago–A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History–and making a note to get it from Amazon and read it. (Did get it.) Resisting a Tate mug.
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Seeing Andy Budd at the Design Museum
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Zubaran’s St. Francis paintings at the National Gallery
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