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yamamanama60 days until the vernal equinox
Aside from the cold, the main problem with the Martin Luther King Day open house is that it's in that period of transition between special exhibits. Objects In Flux is in the process of being dismantled. It was also the last day of Class Distinctions, which meant anyone who still hasn't seen it would have to brave the crowds. There are new things, yes, some photographs including one of a fish wearing a necklace and one of an adult saw-whet owl playing with a jeweled frog, and some fashion illustrations done in black marker, watercolors, and ink mostly.
And there were tributes to Martin Luther King done by students at various Boston schools.
She said she wanted to pee on a canvas so she'd be a millionaire and I told her that she can't do that; this guy was the first to pee on a canvas and that's why he's famous for doing it. She has to do something new.
Some people determined that one painting in the American gallery depicts Frodo and Sam. Sam is hunched over and that's why he appears shorter than Frodo. The painting showing the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in fact depicts Mount Doom and there are subtropical paradises in Mordor, they just never showed them in the films.
On this day of looking at time (I couldn't be fucked to check what day it was), Marilyn was reading from A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time, and I drew moments frozen in time. The day before, I think she was assembling a clock. I don't know; I just saw a picture of her. A few days ago, she spent six hours drawing circles.
A woman named Emily, who has ash-blonde hair tipped with pale violet, was also drawing Marilyn. I'm pretty sure the official Emily count is 18, but I can't be entirely sure. I also met Badger, which is probably definitely not her real name, and Julian, which is unexpected but checks out. Badgers are grassland animals. I'm not sure if they're extirpated from New England or if New England is just too heavily wooded for badgers.
There was a woman with blue hair, a man with green hair, a woman with bright red hair, another woman with bright red hair which was much shorter. I don't know if dyed hair has become more predominant or I'm just noticing it more or if I'm just in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville more. There are also "problem glasses." The term was not-coincidentally coined at the very moment #gamergate became a parody of itself.
I met a woman with a pendant that was a raven's talon and the bone of a reindeer. She said it's very morbid and she got it from a hunter in Iceland.
Holly drew something amazing and she wanted to know what kind of pen I was using and said my train portraits were amazing. I realized that I have to think about how long I was making art seriously for. And yes, I did make art before I started taking art classes (it was either Holly or Michelle who asked this). Mostly Sonic levels.
I ran into that woman who was painting a Dutch painting again. She's almost done, it seems, and it's looking a lot like the actual thing. I suggested one day reproducing a painting in someone else's style. Like, she could take that Dutch guy and VanGoghify it.
Florentine is from Paris.
TWO people were eating pizza on the train. Neither of them were Florentine. Although I just want to point out that French pizza actually looks really tasty.
I saw a woman who reminded me of Gabriella if she was from what may or may not be the Tribal Territories of H'fai.
A woman said "thanks for inspiring me." She's been making art for a while but she's never drawn any before. She inspired me too.
Then I discussed Dutch art and how I thought we already passed Symphony with a guy going to the MFA.
"Otherwise, you fall down."
Otherwise, people get off the train.
I tried to draw two women looking at Japanese stuff because their outfits were so intriguing (a teddy bear-ear hoodie, a floral kimono; a scarf wrapped like a shawl and a patterned shirt).
A guy compared Nishida's ceramic sculptures and Translated Vase made from the leftover bits and broken fragments of other projects to the movie Akira.
A woman who looked like Shannon was teaching a dog how to be a service dog.
There was a huge puddle and the guy in front of me was thinking "yeah, nope."
She probably walked right through it. She's oh-so-special in her waterproof boots. Also, I think we've made a shift back to colorfully patterned boots for traipsing about in the rain and slush.
One woman told me she had to get off at Downtown Crossing but she wishes she could have stayed on the train for longer. Her portrait is actually pretty ok for something I did between two stations.
Sam and Michelle both do makeup, which is a kind of artistry according to us. Michelle told me about the time a guy drew her at Faneuil Hall and offered it to her for five dollars.
There are multiple ways to spell Chantelle, apparently.
I was like "I have a friend named Chantel."
It said Emma got the message I sent her about the MFA at the very moment I sent it which is suspect but now it isn't saying anything. Damn it, Zuckerberg.
burning question: why do I bother? I mean, I'm sure Cheryl from Archer could tell me why.
Aside from the cold, the main problem with the Martin Luther King Day open house is that it's in that period of transition between special exhibits. Objects In Flux is in the process of being dismantled. It was also the last day of Class Distinctions, which meant anyone who still hasn't seen it would have to brave the crowds. There are new things, yes, some photographs including one of a fish wearing a necklace and one of an adult saw-whet owl playing with a jeweled frog, and some fashion illustrations done in black marker, watercolors, and ink mostly.
And there were tributes to Martin Luther King done by students at various Boston schools.
She said she wanted to pee on a canvas so she'd be a millionaire and I told her that she can't do that; this guy was the first to pee on a canvas and that's why he's famous for doing it. She has to do something new.
Some people determined that one painting in the American gallery depicts Frodo and Sam. Sam is hunched over and that's why he appears shorter than Frodo. The painting showing the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in fact depicts Mount Doom and there are subtropical paradises in Mordor, they just never showed them in the films.
On this day of looking at time (I couldn't be fucked to check what day it was), Marilyn was reading from A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time, and I drew moments frozen in time. The day before, I think she was assembling a clock. I don't know; I just saw a picture of her. A few days ago, she spent six hours drawing circles.
A woman named Emily, who has ash-blonde hair tipped with pale violet, was also drawing Marilyn. I'm pretty sure the official Emily count is 18, but I can't be entirely sure. I also met Badger, which is probably definitely not her real name, and Julian, which is unexpected but checks out. Badgers are grassland animals. I'm not sure if they're extirpated from New England or if New England is just too heavily wooded for badgers.
There was a woman with blue hair, a man with green hair, a woman with bright red hair, another woman with bright red hair which was much shorter. I don't know if dyed hair has become more predominant or I'm just noticing it more or if I'm just in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville more. There are also "problem glasses." The term was not-coincidentally coined at the very moment #gamergate became a parody of itself.
I met a woman with a pendant that was a raven's talon and the bone of a reindeer. She said it's very morbid and she got it from a hunter in Iceland.
Holly drew something amazing and she wanted to know what kind of pen I was using and said my train portraits were amazing. I realized that I have to think about how long I was making art seriously for. And yes, I did make art before I started taking art classes (it was either Holly or Michelle who asked this). Mostly Sonic levels.
I ran into that woman who was painting a Dutch painting again. She's almost done, it seems, and it's looking a lot like the actual thing. I suggested one day reproducing a painting in someone else's style. Like, she could take that Dutch guy and VanGoghify it.
Florentine is from Paris.
TWO people were eating pizza on the train. Neither of them were Florentine. Although I just want to point out that French pizza actually looks really tasty.
I saw a woman who reminded me of Gabriella if she was from what may or may not be the Tribal Territories of H'fai.
A woman said "thanks for inspiring me." She's been making art for a while but she's never drawn any before. She inspired me too.
Then I discussed Dutch art and how I thought we already passed Symphony with a guy going to the MFA.
"Otherwise, you fall down."
Otherwise, people get off the train.
I tried to draw two women looking at Japanese stuff because their outfits were so intriguing (a teddy bear-ear hoodie, a floral kimono; a scarf wrapped like a shawl and a patterned shirt).
A guy compared Nishida's ceramic sculptures and Translated Vase made from the leftover bits and broken fragments of other projects to the movie Akira.
A woman who looked like Shannon was teaching a dog how to be a service dog.
There was a huge puddle and the guy in front of me was thinking "yeah, nope."
She probably walked right through it. She's oh-so-special in her waterproof boots. Also, I think we've made a shift back to colorfully patterned boots for traipsing about in the rain and slush.
One woman told me she had to get off at Downtown Crossing but she wishes she could have stayed on the train for longer. Her portrait is actually pretty ok for something I did between two stations.
Sam and Michelle both do makeup, which is a kind of artistry according to us. Michelle told me about the time a guy drew her at Faneuil Hall and offered it to her for five dollars.
There are multiple ways to spell Chantelle, apparently.
I was like "I have a friend named Chantel."
It said Emma got the message I sent her about the MFA at the very moment I sent it which is suspect but now it isn't saying anything. Damn it, Zuckerberg.
burning question: why do I bother? I mean, I'm sure Cheryl from Archer could tell me why.
