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Feb 25, 2007 16:15


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eanja February 26 2007, 02:27:25 UTC
That looks gorgeous. From the object leaning on the wall on your top picture, I assume the wall is only painted to look receding? I didn't notice that immediately, but between that and dressing up the guards, it sound like an amazing effort with the settings. Do they usually put that much work into them?

In other news, I think I've owed you email for several months at this point - I'm so sorry- I keep putting it on my to-do list, and then not getting to it around work sorts of things. And you really will get your Christmas present at some point too. I haven't forgotten it, really. (And now that I've specifically mentioned it, I'll really have to get to that email in the next couple of days.)

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fabrisse February 26 2007, 05:29:46 UTC
it sound like an amazing effort with the settings. Do they usually put that much work into them?

I don't think so. In this case, they had an artist put the exhibit together. LACMA's webpage has more on it.

Did you get your prezzies?

I've missed you.

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eanja February 26 2007, 07:43:47 UTC
Eeep. I guess that means I was horribly rude and didn't send a thank you note before heading off to the UK. I had a vague notion that I had, but it must have been wishful thinking.

So yes, I got the presents, and they were lovely. Have you seen Slings and Arrows, or were you just going off my Amazon list and seeing Paul Gross on it? Because I was actually thinking of it as something I was going to recommend to you, since it's all about theater stuff as well as eye candy, and to my inexperienced eye at least, the bits where he gets into staging or explaining the Shakespeare scenes really work. (And the bit where the woman our age gets to choose between the 20-year old hunk-boy and a totally smitten Paul Gross just wouldn't happen on American TV.)

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fabrisse February 26 2007, 08:00:46 UTC
I have Slings and Arrows, but haven't had the time to see it yet. You're whetting my apetite.

I've now seen all of seasons 1 and 2 of Due South. I loved the use of Holly Cole Trio in the season 1 two parter about the diplomat's kid. So much so that I now own several albums by Holly Cole. *G*

You may have sent a thank you note. Sadly, I haven't had a chance to go through my mail seriously in weeks. I just pull out the bills to pay. Maybe next week, I'll have time.

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gileswench February 26 2007, 02:37:25 UTC
I do wish I could go to that show. And I, too, want the carpet.

Magritte has always been a favorite of mine. As a child, I found many of his images deliciously whimsical, but as an adult I've developed a deeper appreciation of the meanings behind the images. Still, that sense of discovery and joy that I had when I first discovered his works (it was the toe boots that really reeled me in for the first time) is both comforting and invigorating.

That Flying Dutchman watership is amazing. I'd never seen it before, but it fills me with an odd mix of sorrow, longing, and wonder.

I think that's what speaks to me so strongly in Magritte: whether the piece is happy or sad or merely unexpected, there's always a sense of adventure and excitement about them. They remind me of how wondrous everyday things really are...like Belgian bureaucrats.

I'm glad you got to see this fabulous show, Twistie. My only disappointment is that I couldn't go with you.

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fabrisse February 26 2007, 05:31:53 UTC
That carpet is wonderful. It even felt good.

Would that you could have come too.

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siderea February 26 2007, 03:18:17 UTC
"Blue air rushes above my ceiling,
There are suns beneath my floor."

What a marvelous exhibition. I wish I could see it.

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fabrisse February 26 2007, 05:34:03 UTC
What quote is that? I love it -- very apt.

I don't think this exhibition is travelling, sadly. I think you would have enjoyed it.

How are you? You're also much missed.

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siderea February 26 2007, 06:23:16 UTC
It's from Senlin: A Biography by Conrad Aiken, specifically "II. His Futile Preoccupations", part 2, which also happens to be the source of the phrase "a swiftly tilting planet", which Madeleine L'Engle uses as a title for one of her books.

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fabrisse February 26 2007, 08:01:20 UTC
Deeply, deeply cool.

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