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will brady's ruminations
will brady's ruminations
2004-06-03
LIFE AS A VISUAL ARTIST
TRAVEL
camping | Visiting with my son, his wife and my grandson in the Adirondaks camping | No, not at the place you see on the left of the screen, but at a less secluded locale | I did manage to find the most remote site in a sizable campgrounds which, thankfully, isn't anywhere close to capacity this week | Some time before I leave I'll stop by and get some of Oscar's Smoked Meats | Funny thing about this place | While I'd lived in the Adirondaks for a bit over a decade, and my ex-wife was from the Warrensburg area, I'd never heard of the place | It took a vegan friend to shyly fess up to the fact that she likes Oscar's Applesmoked bacon and could I pick her up some | I expect she doesn't want me to also tell people of this lapse in her more austere diet choices |
I miss the Adirondaks greatly, have been reluctant to come back lest I get tempted to remain, which I have done before | Why, you ask? Well, only to day I came upon a lending library that is staffed by volunteers, on off hours | The remainder of the time patrons can access the library by unlocking the door and letting themselves in, signing out their books and
returning them when they are through | This simple act of trust speaks volumes about the quality of life in the community |
This trip is also made more pleasant by virtue of the fact that it's a respite from the din and bustle of the place where I work | Not that I'm free of contact | Last night, in a place where I expected no signal was available on the cellphone, somebody calls to speak about some business about his house, back in Connecticut where he is and I live | Wasn't the least bit phased (well, not much anyway) about the fact that I was away from town trying to relax | Solution? Obvious | Turn off the phone |
The weather has been mixed, intermitten thunder showers with crisp sunny periods | No matter, I have tarps throughout the trees | A pix shall follow when I get to a 'puter where I can upload my images | Now, it's off to paint, or find some kindrid spirit like the one on your right | ¶ 14:31 0 comments
TRAVEL
camping | Visiting with my son, his wife and my grandson in the Adirondaks camping | No, not at the place you see on the left of the screen, but at a less secluded locale | I did manage to find the most remote site in a sizable campgrounds which, thankfully, isn't anywhere close to capacity this week | Some time before I leave I'll stop by and get some of Oscar's Smoked Meats | Funny thing about this place | While I'd lived in the Adirondaks for a bit over a decade, and my ex-wife was from the Warrensburg area, I'd never heard of the place | It took a vegan friend to shyly fess up to the fact that she likes Oscar's Applesmoked bacon and could I pick her up some | I expect she doesn't want me to also tell people of this lapse in her more austere diet choices |
I miss the Adirondaks greatly, have been reluctant to come back lest I get tempted to remain, which I have done before | Why, you ask? Well, only to day I came upon a lending library that is staffed by volunteers, on off hours | The remainder of the time patrons can access the library by unlocking the door and letting themselves in, signing out their books and
returning them when they are through | This simple act of trust speaks volumes about the quality of life in the community |
This trip is also made more pleasant by virtue of the fact that it's a respite from the din and bustle of the place where I work | Not that I'm free of contact | Last night, in a place where I expected no signal was available on the cellphone, somebody calls to speak about some business about his house, back in Connecticut where he is and I live | Wasn't the least bit phased (well, not much anyway) about the fact that I was away from town trying to relax | Solution? Obvious | Turn off the phone |
The weather has been mixed, intermitten thunder showers with crisp sunny periods | No matter, I have tarps throughout the trees | A pix shall follow when I get to a 'puter where I can upload my images | Now, it's off to paint, or find some kindrid spirit like the one on your right | ¶ 14:31 0 comments
2004-06-01
TRAVEL
SITE INFO: GENERAL
montreal | I don't have the images available yet, since I'm traveling still | But I'll have a link to a photo page with some of the "best ofs taken during the trip down the road too |
In general, restaurant prices seemed lower than even in the area where I live | We twice ate at Resto Bisous | We saw Bestioles! (the film was funded, in part, by a grant from Terminix) at Montréal IMAX [with a captivating close up shot of a praying mantis eating a housefly] | Sunday a visit to the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal for « Nous venons en paix… » / Histoires des Amériques* ~ where I instantly decide I gotta watch the progress of Kent Monkman breathtaking 19th century landscape with a decidedly unique speculation of documenting historic moments | There's more, but that's a start |
*"we come in peace | Histories of the Americas"
rondak back in order | Thanks to the dogged assistance of one of Cleartel's tech support people, I've finally gotten things back up with rondak.org | This morning, the "wbrady at rondak dot org" [you do the math here, that's the addy] finally was brought back up and working |
This means that I'll finally be able to do a much needed update the file systems | SO my 2004 goal is to finally bring rondak.org's design into the 21st century | Don't worry, the I'm still not sold on flash and spark over content | ¶ 20:33 0 comments
SITE INFO: GENERAL
montreal | I don't have the images available yet, since I'm traveling still | But I'll have a link to a photo page with some of the "best ofs taken during the trip down the road too |
In general, restaurant prices seemed lower than even in the area where I live | We twice ate at Resto Bisous | We saw Bestioles! (the film was funded, in part, by a grant from Terminix) at Montréal IMAX [with a captivating close up shot of a praying mantis eating a housefly] | Sunday a visit to the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal for « Nous venons en paix… » / Histoires des Amériques* ~ where I instantly decide I gotta watch the progress of Kent Monkman breathtaking 19th century landscape with a decidedly unique speculation of documenting historic moments | There's more, but that's a start |
*"we come in peace | Histories of the Americas"
rondak back in order | Thanks to the dogged assistance of one of Cleartel's tech support people, I've finally gotten things back up with rondak.org | This morning, the "wbrady at rondak dot org" [you do the math here, that's the addy] finally was brought back up and working |
This means that I'll finally be able to do a much needed update the file systems | SO my 2004 goal is to finally bring rondak.org's design into the 21st century | Don't worry, the I'm still not sold on flash and spark over content | ¶ 20:33 0 comments
2004-05-30
LIFE AS A VISUAL ARTIST
pix credit -1- Museum for Moderne Liv -2- Canada Travel
Cocteau at Musee des beaux arts-de Montreal | he was famous for being famous, spurned by the surrealists for being too much of an artistic "jack of all trades" | But his work has been influential far beyond that of many of his critics |
I was most taken by his images from World War I [The Great War] | While I'd known of his erotic work, and of his avant garde films (performance art really), his war correspondence was both dramatic and captivating |
Co-curated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and George Pompiedeau Centre in Paris, the exhibition's display in Montreal will be the only North American presentation. Those interested in seeing the complete exhibition while there ought to find a way to see it if at all possible | For more info: 6 may through 29 august 2004 | ¶ 10:20 0 comments
pix credit -1- Museum for Moderne Liv -2- Canada Travel
Cocteau at Musee des beaux arts-de Montreal | he was famous for being famous, spurned by the surrealists for being too much of an artistic "jack of all trades" | But his work has been influential far beyond that of many of his critics |
I was most taken by his images from World War I [The Great War] | While I'd known of his erotic work, and of his avant garde films (performance art really), his war correspondence was both dramatic and captivating |
Co-curated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and George Pompiedeau Centre in Paris, the exhibition's display in Montreal will be the only North American presentation. Those interested in seeing the complete exhibition while there ought to find a way to see it if at all possible | For more info: 6 may through 29 august 2004 | ¶ 10:20 0 comments
