Monthly Archives: July 2014

“A Truncated Story of Infinity”

Posted on July 30, 2014 by jyourist

This short film on the infinite possibilities in which our lives unfold is directed by Paul Trillo, who cleverly animates this limitless plenitude of probabilities. Co Produced By Keith Ferreira Director of Photography Andrew Georgopoulos Sound Design and Score by Noah … Continue reading →

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What more do you want?

Posted on July 29, 2014 by jyourist

JB and I drove to the Milwaukee Art Museum last week to see the Wassily Kandinsky Retrospective. The show was put together by the Pompidou Center in Paris of pieces donated to them by Kandinsky’s widow that he had personally kept … Continue reading →

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The eyes follow you no matter where you are

Posted on July 27, 2014 by jyourist

My mother’s favorite painting in the Toledo Museum of Art is of Mordecai Myers, painted by John Wesley Jarvis in 1814. She has always been fascinated by the man in this painting, always wondering who he was. She always pointed out … Continue reading →

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“Alchemy” by Stephen Sandy

Posted on July 25, 2014 by jyourist

(published in The New Yorker, October 29 and November 5, 2002)

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Calligraphy at Anderson Gardens

Posted on July 23, 2014 by jyourist
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s “Summer”

Posted on July 22, 2014 by jyourist

Presently in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, this painting of “Summer” is from Arcimboldo’s original Four Seasons, painted in 1563. This is the only version with both the artist’s name and the date “woven” into the collar and shoulder of the … Continue reading →

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“Truth Difficulty” by The Roving Typist

Posted on July 21, 2014 by jyourist

Back in February, I wrote about The Roving Typist, a writer who spontaneously creates stories on the streets for people, “stories composed for you while you wait.” He doesn’t keep copies of his stories, he doesn’t keep track of who buys them. … Continue reading →

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“maggy and milly and molly and may” by e. e. cummings

Posted on July 20, 2014 by jyourist

maggy and milly and molly and may maggy and milly and molly and may went down to the beach(to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded … Continue reading →

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Stretching

Posted on July 17, 2014 by jyourist

At T’ai chi overlooking the lake very, very early this morning (hence the very long shadow above), I wondered how one could ever master this intricate and precise form of exercise. Indeed, it is stretching the core of my very being, … Continue reading →

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Ducks Gone Wild!

Posted on July 16, 2014 by jyourist

When we entered Anderson Japanese Gardens today, the image above was what we saw. I know the ducks were feeding, but seeing their duck butts in the air, in unison, was very funny to me. Verily like a water ballet. … Continue reading →

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