What a fantastic day!
I got up and showered an hour earlier than I intended to, so I climbed back into bed and listened to the Kinks before the Titus Kaphar lecture (which was amazing.) He rejected the common talking head-style lecture format and instead opted for a discussion based panel format that was very casual and intimate. What a great guy. He was full of really great quotes, too:
"Every five years or so people claim that painting is dead. If painting is dead, then I've got to be the guy to do the autopsy."
So he and his work were wonderful. After Ideation, I went to the Electric Fetus with Maddie and Amalia and bought the NEW BREEDERS ALBUM, MOUNTAIN BATTLES. It's more explorative genre-wise than other Breeders albums, but retains all the rockin' weirdness that I adore. It's superb.
Then there was the Peter Hutton screening at 6:30. His new film is 60 minutes of silent imagery of container ships being built, traveling, and being dismantled by hand. His shots looked like Edward Burtynsky photographs come to life. It was one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a long while.
Also, it's Diana's birthday and we went to Jasmine 26 with four tables' worth of people. Lemongrass chicken, coconut cream cheese puffs, free pan-fried tofu and sweet potato with condensed milk for dessert.
I love my life.
...yours, too.
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2 comments:
I don't know about any of the music or artists you're talking about, but I do understand the joy of waking up early, taking and early shower, and listening to the Kinks in bed. That is, if you change shower to bath and Kinks to Johnny Cash.
I miss you guys.!!.
titus kaphar was amazing. more quotes i wrote down in my notebook (in addition to the terrific one you mentioned)--
"at this point in my career, i want my work to be smarter than me."
AND
"i started painting because i think that i can change the world."
AND
"i think it's important to be naive."
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