Distance: 2 miles and teach yoga class
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
That Time of Year in the U.S. --- Day 3/361
Walk: CPMC, Mindful Body
Distance: 2 miles and teach yoga class
Distance: 2 miles and teach yoga class
Monday, January 19, 2015
Unexpected NYC Highlights --- Day 3/360
Walk: CPMC (labs closed), Trader Joe's, Fillmore, California Street
Distance: 4 miles
Back from NYC. Because the Cut Outs Show was expected/the main reason for Ciwt's trip, the surprise art highlights turned out to be 1. Egon Schiele
*
(Austrian, 1890-1918) Ciwt has seen examples of his work in various art history books over the years but very few of his actual paintings and drawings. For whatever reason (partly that the 'pornographic' aspect of much of his art was considered scandalous and also kept private by its collectors), he is rarely shown in the U.S. (or anywhere?). And most likely not in the quantity of this show. Ie, it was Major, which Ciwt didn't click on until she got there. A Very rare opportunity indeed.
And, then at the same venue, different floor, she decided she should look around the the museum's permanent collection devoted to early 20th century German and Austrian art and design*** (one of her most favorite art eras). So she casually walked round a corner into the main gallery and encountered - face to face - 2. the ActualWoman in Gold, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1. You know, the portrait you've seen for years on postcards, posters, book covers, greeting cards, and now Ciwt sees in an upcoming movie. That portrait
. **
That portrait which Ciwt had no idea was in New York much less in the collection of Gallerie Neue, which was three feet in front of her, and which is so much more delicately, opulently stunning in person than any reproduction could capture.
*Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890-1918), Self-Portrait with Physalis, 1912, 12.68" x 15.65", oil
** Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1, 1908, 4.6" x 4.6", gold and oil
***http://www.neuegalerie.org/ Ciwt stood in the cold before getting into the small museum/gallerie because this was the last few days of the show and a (mostly Austrian and German speaking) crowd was assembled. (At the Matisse, the crowd mostly spoke French). BUT, Ciwt just went to the website and sees the exhibition has been extended until April 20! Maybe she will return??...
Distance: 4 miles
Back from NYC. Because the Cut Outs Show was expected/the main reason for Ciwt's trip, the surprise art highlights turned out to be 1. Egon Schiele
*(Austrian, 1890-1918) Ciwt has seen examples of his work in various art history books over the years but very few of his actual paintings and drawings. For whatever reason (partly that the 'pornographic' aspect of much of his art was considered scandalous and also kept private by its collectors), he is rarely shown in the U.S. (or anywhere?). And most likely not in the quantity of this show. Ie, it was Major, which Ciwt didn't click on until she got there. A Very rare opportunity indeed.
And, then at the same venue, different floor, she decided she should look around the the museum's permanent collection devoted to early 20th century German and Austrian art and design*** (one of her most favorite art eras). So she casually walked round a corner into the main gallery and encountered - face to face - 2. the ActualWoman in Gold, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1. You know, the portrait you've seen for years on postcards, posters, book covers, greeting cards, and now Ciwt sees in an upcoming movie. That portrait
. **That portrait which Ciwt had no idea was in New York much less in the collection of Gallerie Neue, which was three feet in front of her, and which is so much more delicately, opulently stunning in person than any reproduction could capture.
*Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890-1918), Self-Portrait with Physalis, 1912, 12.68" x 15.65", oil
** Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1, 1908, 4.6" x 4.6", gold and oil
***http://www.neuegalerie.org/ Ciwt stood in the cold before getting into the small museum/gallerie because this was the last few days of the show and a (mostly Austrian and German speaking) crowd was assembled. (At the Matisse, the crowd mostly spoke French). BUT, Ciwt just went to the website and sees the exhibition has been extended until April 20! Maybe she will return??...
Thursday, January 15, 2015
My, What a big apple you have. Day 3/359
Walk: MoMA, Metropolitan Museum, Neue Museum, Frick, Barrymore Theater (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime)
Distance: 5 miles ?
Distance: 5 miles ?
Monday, January 12, 2015
Er, Could I Have a Glass Please --- Day 3/358
Walk: Presidio Commissary, Trader Joe's
Distance: 2.8 miles and small yoga
Ciwt went with friends to The Commissary in the Presidio for lunch today. Pleasant place but with strange wine glasses. See those stubby glasses on the counter? They actually might be the water glasses as what Ciwt's friends' wine came in were about 3" high and at least as wide. Like a tin military canteen cup Ciwt guesses. Somehow the conceit so doesn't work that it is actually memorable for its clunkiness.
Distance: 2.8 miles and small yoga
Ciwt went with friends to The Commissary in the Presidio for lunch today. Pleasant place but with strange wine glasses. See those stubby glasses on the counter? They actually might be the water glasses as what Ciwt's friends' wine came in were about 3" high and at least as wide. Like a tin military canteen cup Ciwt guesses. Somehow the conceit so doesn't work that it is actually memorable for its clunkiness.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Kitchen Essentials --- Day 3/357
Walk: JCCSF (Film Series), Trader Joe's
Distance: 2 miles and pack for NYC
Distance: 2 miles and pack for NYC
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Stay Connected - Deeply --- Day 3/356
Walk: Forgot
Distance: 0 but home yoga practice
After decades away from high impact aerobics and other activities, Ciwt has been revisiting that past. And, re-realizing why some internal body wisdom led her away and into more rhythmic, thoughtful, collected, elongating and Healthy activities like yoga, walking/hiking, swimming, bike riding. She could just feel all the wear and tear, the body and mental alarm from (egotistically) frantically lurching and pounding from one position to another - as well as the jarring electric shocks in the lower back, hips, shoulders. Older bodies are not meant to move in dramatically choppy, quick release, off-balance ways. Really.
Distance: 0 but home yoga practice
After decades away from high impact aerobics and other activities, Ciwt has been revisiting that past. And, re-realizing why some internal body wisdom led her away and into more rhythmic, thoughtful, collected, elongating and Healthy activities like yoga, walking/hiking, swimming, bike riding. She could just feel all the wear and tear, the body and mental alarm from (egotistically) frantically lurching and pounding from one position to another - as well as the jarring electric shocks in the lower back, hips, shoulders. Older bodies are not meant to move in dramatically choppy, quick release, off-balance ways. Really.
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