Going to London to see Cy Twombly at the Gagosian Gallery. I would dearly love to see these new works, would love to have a day just to sit and absorb. The advantage of planning a trip around seeing art is that I would have time to actually SEE the art.
It is true, I am one of those people who loves to sit and commune with whatever I am looking at. Even better is to sit a while, wander away, have a cup of coffee, rest, then come back and commune some more. I am not one of those people who feels that seeing more items makes the experience more rewarding. There is only so much I can absorb in a day, but I would love to take some time to absorb these paintings. Visiting London wouldn't be so bad either. I have a friend who is going next week. Perhaps I can fold myself up into her suitcase.
Or going up the Road to Albany to hear Willie and the Wheel play on Sunday. I haven't seen or heard a new Asleep at the Wheel album since my college days, although listening to my old albums always brings a smile to face and a definite tap to my feet. A little smiling and tapping, perhaps with a little whooping and hollering sounds good. I am not sure if any of my friends would be interested in hearing Willie Nelson and most of them would say "Asleep at the Wha..?" G most definitely would not enjoy himself, but he isn't comfortable at most popular music type of venues, so that is not surprising.
No I don't think I would be going to Albany this weekend.
So it is also probably too much to wish that I could be in NYC for David Byrne's concert at Madison Square Garden.
The new album has been in pretty heavy rotation on my playlist since it came out last fall and I pretty much know all the songs by heart. Listening to this album really puts me back in touch with the young girl I once was and reminds me of my college years. I don't think I will ever outgrow David Byrne. Luckily he seems to grow and evolve as I grow and evolve and each new project speaks to something that is always there.
So I won't be there either, although I would like to be. I'll just have to put in my earbuds and tune out the world for a while in the safety of my own little piece of the world.
Once upon a time, not all that long ago, all of these places, all these events would have been well within the realm of possibility. Sometimes I still miss that freedom to go. But I recall that sometimes, when we were always going, all I wanted was a chance to just stay. This is my time to stay for a while.
There will be other opportunities to go…
somewhere
anywhere
everywhere…..
even perhaps, nowhere.
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do you know my blogging friend, IndigoAlison? — an art teacher in London, she transports me to all kinds of new exhibitions in that wonderful city.
I’ve been realizing, mid some depression this week, trying to figure ways out of it, that I do not make enough (any?) time for music listening these days, and I’m trying to get that back into my life. Up until a few months ago, I did a fair amount of buying, but the listening time is very limited and that really subtracts important endorphins from my daily life.
I know what you mean about all the things we want to do and see and hear — it’s good, though, to still have such a wealth of interests, to still care about what we’re missing out on. And good, too, to know how to be where we are and make that fruitful as well . . .
I do wish I could go to the Twombly show with you. I am a big fan.