i continued my massive brain-food intake.
nothing could stop me from feeding my brain as much delightful information as possible. not even a terribly severe all-over sunburn. (i fell asleep at the beach for a few hours... it was my fault for voluntarily reading on microeconomics alone at a beach)
i'm fine now, i just look like a leopard in some places. it's not pretty.
it was also my one year anniversary of being a san franciscan, so i decided to treat myself with a trip to the sf moma.
the line to enter was particularly long (tourists), so in times of complete restlessness in lines i like to play a little game. i put my headphones in my ears but i don't play any music. that way, i can hear what the other people are talking about and, in this case, i was actually able to write some of the standout phrases on my notepad!
call it investigative journalism, call it eavesdropping, call it rude. i call it entertainment.
some choice phrases:
"not many people shoot 4x5 anymore. i wonder if kodak makes a 4x5 film. i'm gonna write a letter."
"san francisco is a city of hypocrisy!"
"do we create to prove we existed or do we exist only through our creation?"
"it's hilarious when tourists take pictures of pieces in museums. can't they just buy a print? like, (scoffs), i mean, come on! you're doing a disservice to the artist's work." sidenote: someone then shut this asshole up by telling him that it's perfectly logical to take a picture if a.) they were doing it for someone back home who couldn't be there or b.) they can't afford to purchase reprints of famous works of art in museums because they're too expensive. "not all of us are millionaires"
clearly, i was alone.
well, sort of.
i walked around through every exhibit, including the georgia o'keeffe/ ansel adams comparison and richard avedon's career retrospective, while listening to amália rodrigues records from the early 1950s to the late 1960s. i've been a fan of fado (a portuguese genre of music that tells tales of the ocean and misfortune) for a few years and her dramatic delivery accompanied by portuguese guitar make for a very stimulating experience for the senses.
for example
chilling, right?!?
told ya.
anyway, i saw some of the regulars over at the sf moma
- duchamp
- magritte
- dali
but some artists lesser known to me really got my brain working
the photographic distortions of andré kertész
andrew kudless' "p wall"
the self portraits of nicola tyson
this clyfford still piece gave me chills for a few minutes
and of course, in the sculpture garden, i was struck by the beauty of louise bourgeois' "the nest". im always drawn to her work for some reason. weird. i don't even like spiders in real life.
o yeah i also saw found this guy hiding at a nearby building
i guess that's where he's been hiding... odd.
spending so much time in the garden, i felt the sculptures actually forced me to take a seat and have a total stream of consciousness on paper.
it read like this,
"in the sculpture garden,
faces and shapes move
as the peaceful beasts lay dormant
are we invading their territory?
if so, how can they fight back?
mentally, i suppose.
they can't speak our language
or convey anything non verbally,
but they leave an
impression.
whether or not we realize it
our lives have been
questioned, our existence slightly altered
our structures reformed."
at night,
i treated myself to yet another free movie on a big, inflatable screen in delores park. two weeks ago i saw "pretty in pink" for my first time before the director passed away.
this time around, i was in my element.
ANNIE HALL.
wine. friendship. blankets. laughter. woody allen. diane keaton.
quite possibly the most pleasant evening i have had in years.
i went home and watched two more woody allen films and i haven't been able to stop since.
i'm an addict. i'm ok with it.
my brain is a week away from another round of grad school. i will survive.
i'm off to pick up a dear friend, cara bramson, from the airport. i've known her for 12 years now and it has been a very, very good friendship.
we're gonna have stories for you. guaranteed.
love and loyalty (and a lot of aloe vera)
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