This time last year...

 This time last year we were covered in snow.  I am so ready for it.  Come on, Snow!

photos by Jessi Bautista via GRDN

happy weekend!

[via MurderedByPiratesIsGood]

This week, in pictures

Central Park, Variation on a theme

I went for a walk around Central Park last weekend as well, using this fun iApp by Bluebrain, called Central Park (Listen to the Light).  "It uses a global positioning network to activate different themes as the listener wanders through the park. The app contains more than 400 tracks, each tied to a location. They were written to fit together harmonically like a sonic jigsaw puzzle." 

I have to admit that I often find the GPS stuff creepy, but this was pretty cool.  It was fascinating to hear the different musical themes layering and changing as I ventured from one area of the park to the next. 


 [Quote from the NYTimes, Photos by me]

color

 

I apparently cannot get enough of this blue, red, and gold color combination.  It's popping up
everywhere in my pictures this week.  

Poetry

I've decided I want to be a little old-fashioned and memorize some of my favorite poems.  (You never know when you'll need them, right?)  I've started compiling a list, and this one is at the top. 

e.e. cummings, in time of daffodils

in time of daffodils(who know
the goal of living is to grow)
forgetting why, remember how

in time of lilacs who proclaim
the aim of waking is to dream,
remember so(forgetting seem)

in time of roses(who amaze
our now and here with paradise)
forgetting if, remember yes

in time of all sweet things beyond
whatever mind may comprehend,
remember seek(forgetting find)

and in a mystery to be
(when time from time shall set us free)
forgetting me, remember me

What are some of your favorites?

[watercolor by Jill Rosoff]

Moroccan Court

This past Saturday I went to the Met to see the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia which reopened in November after extensive renovation.  It was beautiful!

The Moroccan Court was especially impressive. The video below takes you through the creation of the Court.  Wow. 



The Damascus Room was utterly amazing as well.  This video shows the removal and reinstallation of the reception area within a Syrian home from the Ottoman Period. 


Definitely a worthwhile visit!