Overcoming Self --- Day 3/355

Walk: Sundance Kabuki (Selma)
Distance: 2 miles and home practice



Ciwt wasn't going to go, but she's glad she did.  Worthwhile, especially David Oyelowo's acting and the history (of sorts) lesson - even when she thought she knew it.

______ Days 353 & 354

Walks: Union Square, Corte Madera
Distance:  1 mile and 2 home yoga

One More Year --- Day 3/352

Walk: Mindful Body, The Addition
Distance: 1 mile and teach yoga class



By Google, so CIWT continues in business for another year!!

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, JMW Turner, ca. 1834-5 --- Day 3/351

Walk: Metro Lock, Lock World
Distance: 3.5 miles and home yoga



                                       

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons is the title of two oil on canvas paintings by J. M. W. Turner, depicting the fire that broke out at the Houses of Parliament on the evening of 16 October 1834. Turner himself witnessed the Burning of Parliament from the south bank of the River Thames, opposite Westminster. Both are executed in oil and measure 92.1 centimetres (36.3 in) by 123.2 centimetres (48.5 in); the top painting is held by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. and the bottom may be seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art.  What is difficult for Ciwt to convey is how far ahead of their time was the manner in which they were painted.

Tending to the Hunny Pot --- Day 3/350

Walk: No
Distance: None; misjudged the time this takes


Ciwt is still updating that will.

Fading Down the River... Day 3/349

Walk: Sundance Kabuki, Fillmore hood, T. Joe's (the usual)
Distance: 3 miles


JMW Turner (1775-1851), The Fighting Temeraire, 1838, 36" x 48",  oil on canvas

Ciwt was interested to learn JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire is one of the most visited paintings in the National Gallery, London and has been voted the greatest painting in a British art gallery (which includes other British artists as well as famous artists - such as Monet -from all over the world.  There is a beautiful scene in the movie, Mr. Turner, about  the artist viewing the decommissioned Temeraire being towed by a 'modern' steam powered tug to be broken up.  

The National Gallery has this to say about its revered work (click on the blue areas above  and below for more): 

The 98-gun ship 'Temeraire' played a distinguished role in Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, after which she was known as the 'Fighting Temeraire'. The ship remained in service until 1838 when she was decommissioned and towed from Sheerness to Rotherhithe to be broken up.
The painting was thought to represent the decline of Britain's naval power. The 'Temeraire' is shown travelling east, away from the sunset, even though Rotherhithe is west of Sheerness, but Turner's main concern was to evoke a sense of loss, rather than to give an exact recording of the event. The spectacularly colourful setting of the sun draws a parallel with the passing of the old warship. By contrast the new steam-powered tug is smaller and more prosaic.
Turner was in his sixties when he painted 'The Fighting Temeraire'. It shows his mastery of painting techniques to suggest sea and sky. Paint laid on thickly is used to render the sun's rays striking the clouds. By contrast, the ship's rigging is meticulously painted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fighting_Temeraire

2015 Fun Already -- Day 3/348

Walk: Mindful Body, Fillmore Street
Distance:  2 miles and take yoga class



Time for Ciwt to update her will.

Hi, 2015 --- Day 3/347

Walk: Mountain Lake Park
Distance: 5 miles, home yoga



OK, Pooh, Let's Go See What 2015 Will Bring.