I'm almost certain that L'Arlesienne, by Van Gogh, was probably a depiction of his hotel landlady doing her accounts. I prefer to cast her as a writer, imagining the lives of the ladies depicted by Tissot. She herself may never have left Provence, but she can feel the breeze on her face from the boat leaving the northern harbor, and she writes about beautiful women of a certain class, standing against the railing in their fine silks, with an uncanny realism.
As a I write this, Rod is in my living room, here in town for a CMA convention. We are watching Barack Obama on The View, and we are going to a museum before he takes my car to Manhattan Beach, I am so delighted to be able to do a little something for someone who was so generous to me when I went to Denver. We shall have a great weekend immersed in recovery fun and growth.
By the way, yesterday I called the Department of Rehabilitation. I am going to try to arrange to take some courses in web design and maintenance so I can get off disability and do something that is self-supporting and creative. Meanwhile, Rod bought 4 Hy-Art boxes, and I got the refund from that ticket I blogged about awhile back. It's amazing the difference $135 can do to one's head. It's enough to send me from feeling impoverished to prosperous in one fell swoop.
MCO 2008
I love the composition of this piece; Tissot and Van Gogh were meant to go together. As I have noted before, you have an artist's eye for composition, light and shadow.
Okay, what is CMA. I can't think of what the acronym stands for other than Country Music Awards. While I think that it would be fun to attend the COuntry Music Awards, I can't imagine that you and Rod would find much immersion in growth there. Yeah, I know that I could Google it but that would involve effort on my part and it's so much easier to just rely on you for my enlightenment.
Great idea, taking the courses in web design and maintenance. It fits so well with your artisitic and creative talents.
That would be Crystal Meth Anonymous, m'dear.