To Know, Know, Know You.... --- Day 5/193

Walk: Yes, SFMOMA, Union Square
Distance: 2.5 miles



This is our new SFMOMA addition.   Looks weird doesn't it?  Ciwt thought so, but the more time she spends in it, the more she respects and loves it.  Stay tuned for some reasons why...

Once More Down the Art Hole... Day5/192

Walk: SFMOMA (yes, again - two tours and others in the future coming up)
Distance: 3 miles


Jeff Koons. Rabbit, 1986

Thhhh, That's all for Ciwt today, folks.

"I can't pass for...." --- Day 5/192

Walk: Would you believe SFMOMA plus Union Square for hair
Distance: 3.5 miles and home yoga



Ciwt still laughs out loud remembering the bathroom scene from Silver Streak.  Thanks Gene and Richard.

She likes the realness of Richard Pryor's daughter, Rain, when commenting on Wilder's death today:

"[Wilder] was a very caring human being, but I know that he didn't hang out with dad a lot because they just didn't — my dad was different," Pryor elaborated. "They were different in natures. Mr. Wilder was the older 'I'm here. I'm doing my work and we have a great chemistry. And then I'm going to go have my sober life.' He was a normal dude compared to my dad in that sense. But in terms of his kindness and generosity and to watch the two of them together, there's not a magic that's been like that in a long time." 

Her father thought the world of Wilder and made the same comment about his screen buddy all the time, she said.

"[Richard] thought he was amazing," Pryor said. "He thought them together was amazing. He always said, 'That man's a genius, and he's a good man, that's for sure.' I always heard him say, 'He's a good man.'"

Thirty and Counting ... Day 5/190

Walk: No, Big Pre-Fall Closet Caper
Distance: Around the Pad, A Little Yoga



Out it all came, On it was all tried, Back it all went.  30 pieces didn't survive Ciwt's pre-Fall closet caper; there will be more!

Wanna Buy A..... --- Day 5/189

Walk: SFMOMA, Union Square Stores 
Distance: 3 miles

Former bookstore owner/manager, Ciwt, still can't quite get it through her head that Graphic Novels aren't pornography.

Seniority ---- Day 5/188

Walk: Mostly Home with Callie's Acupuncture Team
Distance: A few blocks, Home Yoga

A few ways to know you have a senior cat:

1.  You show up at the local pet shop every day hoping to find a brand of food your cat will eat.
      

2. Their health requirements get so complicated, you hire a cat acupuncturist for a house call.
     

Just Five Miles Away --- Day 5/187

Walk: Union Square (Marin Driving Day where Ciwt gets to see El Sol)
Distance: 1 mile, Home Yoga



San Francisco side of Golden Gate Bridge

Marin side of Golden Gate Bridge

Timber --- Day 5/186

Walk: SFMOMA
Distance: 3 miles and Home Yoga


Mark di Suvero, Che Faro Senza Eurydice, 1960, wood, rope

The works Ciwt usually sees of Mark di Suvero, a Bay Area local sculptor made good, are his huge painted steel outdoor assemblages *  .  So she keeps being surprised by his smaller, wooden sculpture at SFMOMA.  Surprised and pleased because the wood is a much warmer medium and the scale is at a size where she can really take in the whole piece.  Plus she likes the rhythmic title, whatever it means.

She also likes how it refers to di Suvero's lifelong love of bridges and boats as well as his early work in the shipyards. di Suvero has said that for him the joy of doing art is gathering his materials and then letting the work grow by itself. This piece feels like that; like a boat builder stepping from timber to timber, roping and bolting his craft together - with joy.

* See CIWT Days 3/136 & 7 for di Suvero at Crissy Field in 2014.
PS - Two more private, personalized tours coming up for Ciwt's new art tour company.