Spent the morning at the Minneapolis Institute of Art seeing the Vietnam War through the eyes of artists opposed to the war at the time. There’s too many lessons still to be learned.
Category: Arts
Tadao Ando Gallery
Between flights at O’Hare, rode the L Downtown. Finally visited the Tadao Ando gallery at the Institute of Art. This peaceful place, with the 16 permanent pillars, was a refuge for some after 9/11. Next weekend we’ll sleep in a place designed by Ando on the island of Naoshima.
Pre-The Glass Menagerie
Walked across the park to The Guthrie for a pre-theater drink, bracing ourselves for The Glass Menagerie.
First Concert of the Season
Walked over to Orchestra Hall for the first Minnesota Orchestra concert of the season.
Diaphanous Steel
Steel figures became diaphanous as I pushed my bicycle past the Physics and Nanotechnology Building at the University of Minnesota.
Impermanent Wind
On my way to pick up meds at Walgreens, dismounted at the Central Library for Taiko drumming. A guy used a calligraphy brush to interpret the piece, “Impermanent Wind.” The drumming and my meds speak to my own impermanence, and that’s OK. Mono no aware.
LGBTQ Composers
Celebrated Pride and LGBTQ composers with the Minnesota Orchestra.
Banned Television
Mr. Ratburn walks up the aisle with his husband-to-be, Patrick the aardvark. Finally I found daytime television worth watching, but not in Alabama where the episode is banned.
Baggage Claims
Walked to the Weisman Art Museum to explore the movement of people and belongings across the world: “Baggage Claims.”
Cyrano de Bergerac
Enjoyed a pre-show drink at the Guthrie before exploring inner beauty, Cyrano de Bergerac.