I’m enjoying reading Sting’s memoir which covers the years from his birth in 1951 (he’s 2 months older than me) to when the Police really got going as a band with Roxanne. I’ll do a review in a day or two. Turns out Stewart Copeland the drummer had a dad who was a CIA agent. The following story is either hilarious or tragic depending on how important you think the Qumran scrolls are: “After the Dead Sea Scrolls were found... Read more
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Behold the Veggie cow, made of broccoli, okra, cauliflower and you name it. A cow even a Hindu could eat. I’m thinking he could be nicely paired with the Butter cow, and cooked together to make a nice veggie meal. But he’s too cute to cook and eat. We should let him slowly waste away since he’s already been turned into a vegetable 🙂 Read more
“A lie doesn’t become truth, Wrong doesn’t become right, An evil doesn’t become good Just because it’s accept by the majority.”— Booker T. Washington And I would add that it is also true that just because you are loyal to someone, a leader of a church, or a political leader, and wants to believe in him or her doesn’t mean you should trust whatever he or she says, especially if what he says is self-serving and self-promoting. Should you critically... Read more
The more time Whistler spent on the Continent, the more he found canals in Holland or Venice interesting as subject matter. Scenes with women in them, especially exotic eastern looking women got his attention as well. Strange shaped buildings and interesting signs on shops caught his eye as well. Not many painters did as many nocturnal paintings as did Whistler, but again this was in part because of his fascination with how light affected or determined the color of something. Read more
Whistler wandered all over western Europe doing sketches, mostly street scenes he found interesting. In an age before autos streets were generally safer and people would hang out near their favorite shops or even play in the streets. Furthermore, in an age before TV and air conditioning, people did not want to spend too much time indoors in warmer weather, which meant for Whistler that he had constant human subject matter to draw or paint just by walking around... Read more
Whistler was an interesting artist. He was fascinated with the ordinary jobs most people did, running shops, making clothes, building bridges, and though he necessarily had to take commissions from the wealthy, for instance in doing portraits like the one immediately below, his focus was clearly elsewhere when he didn’t need to do otherwise economically. Like the Impresionists, Whistler was fascinated with surface phenomena, the way light affected how things look, or the difference color or the lack thereof made. ... Read more
I had gotten up early to see the sunrise over the capital building Wednesday morning from my hotel room, and I was not disappointed. After visiting several of the new exhibits at the Museum of the Bible, I took the long walk to Old Ebbitt Grill on 15th. This took a while, crossing the Mall and heading towards the Washington Monument. The Museum is much close to the Capital end of the Mall than the White House and Washington monument... Read more
There are few restaurants left from the 19th century in Washington D.C. but the most famous one is quite clearly Old EbbitGrill on 15th, near the White House, and I make it a point to visit at least once, every time I come to D.C. The Grill opened in 1858, right in time to be frequented by Abraham Lincoln and many others there after. Situated as it is within a five to ten minute walk of the White House, it... Read more
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