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14 May 2007

I Have Been to the Mountain, People.... →[More:] this weekend Miko and I went down to Boston and saw Edward Hopper's original works. Yes children, I've seen Early Sunday Morning, Nighthawks, Chop Suey, all of 'em!

I damn near cried.

Then we strolled about the North End and had marvelous Italian food and delicious bevandi at Caffe Vittorios'.

Sometimes the beauty of a man's life is knowing when it's really, truly beautiful.

post by: Lipstick Thespian at: 19:03 | 15 comments

Sweet Leapfrogging Jeebus, I'm drunk.

posted by jonmc 14 May | 19:17

May 25th- LT's answer to all my problems

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 May | 19:18

Ok, I totally didn't mean to post that- I was just using the link button to build links for a journal entry. Carry on, carry on.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 May | 19:19

heh - hey, your flowers on that page look like little pomegranate chickens.

Heh. Pomegranate chicken page.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 14 May | 19:25

No apologies! I'm glad I got to see that. That's some good advice right there.

posted by Miko 14 May | 19:29

It's funny that the one I acidentally posted had to do with the person who posted this thread.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 May | 19:30

I drool with jealousy. Edward Hopper is a god to me, and "Early Sunday Morning" is one painting I'd absolutely LOVE to see in real life.

posted by BoringPostcards 14 May | 19:47

Edward Hopper?

posted by Doohickie 14 May | 20:51

Ohhhhh.....

≡ Click to see image ≡

Edward Hopper!

posted by Doohickie 14 May | 20:52

In real life, they were utterly transporting. No reproduction can do them justice. To look at Nighthawks and see the age on the face of the man, his hawk nose, his companion folding some sort of paper. To experience the ambiguity, to wonder at the stories that he refuses to force on you. To understand that while loneliness and isolation may be there, peace and quiet, stillness and tranquillity, settled moments of poise and balance in a chaotic world are also there. Four rooms of paintings; no less than two hours, to look and look. And it felt like seconds.

posted by Miko 14 May | 21:08

Edward Hopper's painting Hotel Lobby is my favorite painting ever. (It's at the Indianapolis Museum of Art which is convenient for me to visit it.)

posted by fluffy battle kitten 14 May | 21:51

One of my fav Simpsons episodes references.

posted by ybb 14 May | 21:52

And my fave "That 70s Show" reference.

I posted this link the other day in BP's thread but I love it so much I'm giving those of you who missed it first time a second chance to see it.

posted by essexjan 15 May | 01:11

Wow. That was well done, ej.

posted by Doohickie 15 May | 09:32

ej, that was very cool!

posted by Miko 15 May | 11:52

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