FRIDAY at the RUBIN with ALICE

First a Polish Feast

2nd Avenue near 12th Street

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The Rubin Museum

7th Avenue at 18th Street

(see Link below)

 Everything begins with Ganesh

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My new friend

Alice

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Steve McCurry Exhibition

(see link below)

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Jains and the Shravanabelagola

(see Link below)

Ritual held every 12 years

https://youtu.be/qUbvtKjD_wM

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 Painting Tools

Pigments

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 Brushes

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Sculpture

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Ceramic and Glass by Nex Chand

 Blue Glass Animal

 Ceramic and Stone

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The Gift Shop

Hourglasses

 Yellow Hat

Gestures

 

LINKS

Steve McCurry

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Shravanabelagola

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The Rubin Museum

A DAY FULL OF SIMPLE THINGS

Household Chores

1.

Preparation for Painting

 Because of a sudden need of bright yellow

2.

Drying wild hazlenut hulls

 Gathered in Massachusetts

 

Observations

1.

A 'Goat Girl' in the window of

housing Works Thrift Shop on East 23rd Street

NYC

2.

 A kicked in screen in a discarded television set

curbside on East 23rd Street

NYC

Meal Making

. 1. Boiled brussel-sprouts and shallot, served on sweet yam mash

2. Sechuan dumplings with Tomato pieces

3. Yogi toast with poached egg

4. Yogi toast with melted Parmesian

 

 Art Making 

 

Progress with the 'Sister' piece, having tied the threads where our relationship faltered, as a marker of that mmoment

Snail Mailing 

Detail of an envelope for to a friend

 

Chose three cards for three people

1.

Birthday Greeting to my Brother

 2.

Cello to Barbara H.

3.

'Brown' bear (N.A)

waits for 'Ted' Bear (M.S.)

Simplifying

Started going through CD's, by which I intend to winow my collection to essentials,

passing on the rest wherever I can

So that's what I did Tuesday, as well as released three blog posts, did a batch of hand laundry, voted, and began transcribing a story from last nights writing group session.

It was just enough.

Now it's Wednesday.

TRIP-ING TWO

Ten Days Continued

Over many days,

 in between sporadic storms

 Four old metal chairs got sanded

and freshly greened

So too seven tables

Some for the lawn, others for the gazebo

Fuchsia for five more chairs

 Inside the barn on rainy mornings

 Eggshell white for the garden bench

Labors of love