Month: April 2020
The Getty Challenge
A few days ago, the Getty Museum challenged its Twitter followers to:
1. Choose your favorite artwork
2. Find three things lying around your house⠀
3. Recreate the artwork with those items
Then share a tweet on this thread: https://twitter.com/GettyMuseum/status/1242845952974544896
I’ve been following this thing, and it just gets better and better, and more and more …
An example (Madonna and Child):
BTW: Click through on individual images/Twitter posts to be sure to see the complete display, as you might not be seeing everything in just the stream.
Celeb PSAs
Quartz Media’s entertainment editor ranks a number of coronavirus-related public service announcements for their value, turning up some that are occasionally informative and even … well, entertaining. Quartz says “Bored celebrities are making Covid-19 public service announcements. Some of them are not bad, but some are practically unwatchable.”
The First Day of April
The Prayer Lady
If I head downtown in just the right window of time each day, I can usually see her walking very slowly to some unknown destination. The first time we encountered, I was walking much faster from behind and called out to avoid startling her. I could hear, from some distance back, that she seemed to be talking rather loudly to herself or some one unseen. When she heard me, about to overtake her, she said “Don’t mind me. I’m only praying.”
We have crossed paths several times. She always waves and smiles, and then continues to pray aloud. I have learned that she lives about two blocks from us, caring for and living with her adult autistic son, who has a black belt and martial arts trophies. Sometimes he is with her, and I notice how gently and carefully he treats her, belying his almost fearsome appearance. Her daily destination remains a mystery.
