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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #60 on: May 29, 2008, 08:52:05 AM »
I have a day with ZERO appointments. Yay! That means I have the day to catch up on all sorts of little things I've neglected. Much needed, believe me.
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« Reply #61 on: May 29, 2008, 08:53:00 AM »
Today's uninvited brunch visitor:







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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #62 on: May 29, 2008, 08:53:34 AM »
That's the title of my next novella:  Little Things I've Neglected.   :)
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #63 on: May 29, 2008, 08:54:48 AM »
As for the Topic of the Day...

Basically anything in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art (both wings), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, etc., etc...

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« Reply #64 on: May 29, 2008, 08:55:10 AM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 29, 2008, 08:53:00 AM
Today's uninvited brunch visitor:

How rude!  I hope they at least brought a dish to share.
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #65 on: May 29, 2008, 08:55:41 AM »
TOD:

I, too, like the work of Helen Frankenthaler. I also like the work of many others, including that of my friend Jean Weinbaum, who is kind enough to send me baby watercolors from time to time. His work is abstract, but I also love good portraiture and other realistic works.
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« Reply #66 on: May 29, 2008, 08:55:50 AM »
Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 29, 2008, 08:54:48 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

Basically anything in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art (both wings), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, etc., etc...

Whew!  Well at least that narrows it down a little bit!   ;)
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« Reply #67 on: May 29, 2008, 08:57:20 AM »
Quote from: Jeanne on May 29, 2008, 08:55:41 AM
my friend Jean

And when Jeanne and Jean get together, watch out!      :D
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #68 on: May 29, 2008, 08:57:37 AM »
Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 29, 2008, 08:54:48 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

Basically anything in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art (both wings), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, etc., etc...

:)

I take it Jose has MANY favorites.
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #69 on: May 29, 2008, 08:58:17 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on May 29, 2008, 08:55:50 AM
Whew!  Well at least that narrows it down a little bit!   ;)

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« Reply #70 on: May 29, 2008, 08:59:02 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on May 29, 2008, 08:57:20 AM
And when Jeanne and Jean get together, watch out!      :D

Sing, I thought you said you wouldn't tell!   ;)
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #71 on: May 29, 2008, 09:00:20 AM »
Quote from: Jeanne on May 29, 2008, 08:48:47 AM
Al Hirschfeld did lovely work. Quite a talent.

He was a wonderful man! Very charming, very kind. So was his was Dolly.

I left out "wife Dolly"!
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #72 on: May 29, 2008, 09:00:47 AM »
It's another lovely day in my 'hood, and I hope to take a leisurely walk in a bit.
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #73 on: May 29, 2008, 09:01:01 AM »
Well, DR Jeanne, my before-work errands may have taken a little longer than 5 minutes, because I usually arrive at work 10 or 15 minutes early.  Actually, though, I did realize that I felt quite energized this morning.
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« Reply #74 on: May 29, 2008, 09:04:00 AM »
Quote from: Ginny on May 29, 2008, 09:01:01 AM
I felt quite energized this morning.

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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #75 on: May 29, 2008, 09:06:32 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on May 29, 2008, 08:50:26 AM
I have lunch errands to run:  have to get out and buy candy and socks.

Something to suck on?

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« Reply #76 on: May 29, 2008, 09:09:17 AM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 29, 2008, 09:06:32 AM
Something to suck on?

Yes!  But I put the candy IN the socks first.
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #77 on: May 29, 2008, 09:09:28 AM »
Quote from: Jeanne on May 29, 2008, 08:52:05 AM
I have a day with ZERO appointments. Yay!

Mr. Mostel is coming to tea?

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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #78 on: May 29, 2008, 09:10:19 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on May 29, 2008, 08:55:50 AM
Whew!  Well at least that narrows it down a little bit!   ;)

Georges Seurat - "La Grande Jatte", of course, but I'm also fascinated by some of his smaller canvases, and the recent exhibition of his drawings at MoMA was revelatory.

Frederic Remington - There was an exhibition featuring his "night paintings" at the National Gallery of Art a few years ago.  Some truly luminous and haunting images.



The aforementioned Caillebotte - I still remember seeing that painting during my first trip to the Art Institute of Chicago.  I was speeding through the galleries trying to find the Seurat when I was stopped by that image of a Parisian street scene.  Beautiful.
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #79 on: May 29, 2008, 09:15:25 AM »
Quote from: Jeanne on May 29, 2008, 08:50:31 AM
Oh, yes. Good morning.

Good MORNING, Jeanne!
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« Reply #80 on: May 29, 2008, 09:17:02 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on May 29, 2008, 08:53:34 AM
That's the title of my next novella:  Little Things I've Neglected.   :)

So long as it's subtitled ...or Abused!



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« Reply #81 on: May 29, 2008, 09:20:22 AM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 29, 2008, 09:09:28 AM
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« Reply #82 on: May 29, 2008, 09:20:37 AM »
I love art.  

An early favorite -- a Rousseau that captivated me as a child:
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« Reply #83 on: May 29, 2008, 09:21:43 AM »
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« Reply #84 on: May 29, 2008, 09:22:02 AM »
I tend to avoid religious art, although some is extraordinary.  I love some non-religious Renaissance, though, including this wonderful Rapahel:
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« Reply #85 on: May 29, 2008, 09:22:50 AM »
Off for the afore-mentioned walk.

TTFN.
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Re:BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANT OR INANELY INANE?
« Reply #86 on: May 29, 2008, 09:22:57 AM »
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 29, 2008, 09:17:02 AM
So long as it's subtitled ...or Abused!

Why dear DR Ron Pulliam...

Were you peeking?    :P
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« Reply #87 on: May 29, 2008, 09:25:23 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on May 29, 2008, 08:55:10 AM
How rude!  I hope they at least brought a dish to share.

Or "dish"...to share.    ;)
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« Reply #88 on: May 29, 2008, 09:28:04 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on May 29, 2008, 09:22:57 AM
Why dear DR Ron Pulliam...

Were you peeking?    :P

Is watching hidden surveillance camera footage considered "peeking"?
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« Reply #89 on: May 29, 2008, 09:28:57 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on May 29, 2008, 04:52:37 AM
I've always loved this painting, by Gustave Caillebotte:


Should you come to tea, your cup is on the right!

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