Sipped a pre-show drink near the amber windows of Level 9 of the Guthrie Theater. In the play, “Grey Rock,” ordinary people rose above oppression with love… and a moon rocket. The playwright and cast were from the Palestinian territories.
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Holding On, Letting Go
Walked over to the Guthrie for “Noura,” a play about an Iraqi refugee family in today’s New York: holding on to identity, and letting go; “finding identity in places that are worlds apart.
Model of Downtown
The Minneapolis skyways were 80 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the streets below, so I walked the skyways. Spotted a model of Downtown in Cesar Pelli’s Wells Fargo Center. For me, the Wells Fargo Center seems outclassed by the restraint of Philip Johnson’s IDS Center.
The Impossible Takes a Little Longer
Now that we have our indoor gardens on wheels fully operational it was time to think of technical refinements. Maintaining a log of actual water usage suddenly seemed like a good idea. I could think of several benefits of measuring water usage, including: Learn how much water is optimal for each plant so we can…… Continue reading The Impossible Takes a Little Longer
Manifold Destiny
A manifold is a wide and/or bigger pipe, or channel, into which smaller pipes or channels lead.Scott, John S. (1992). Dictionary Of Civil Engineering. Springer. p. 269. My latest manifold, Version 3, December, 2019. Over the past few months I’ve been educating myself about ways to distribute water to indoor house plants by building a…… Continue reading Manifold Destiny
Imagining Art
Posted Imagining Art.
Seeing the Invisible
On my walk, stopped at a small gallery I’d never visited, Midway Contemporary Art, to introduce myself to some of the work of Yutaka Matsuzawa. He seeks to express the invisible invisibly making the viewer part of the creative process. Some of his work is in MoMA’s collection.
Unlearned Lessons
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.
Logitech Blue
Walked past the blue Guthrie Theater set against a blue sky on my way to join friends for a Mississippi walk. Architect Jean Nouvel’s influences included nearby flour mills (industrial shapes), Logitech computer mice (blue siding), and ski goggles (yellow
Without Fear of Discovery
Walked into art at the Chichu and Lee Ufan Art Museums on the island of Naoshima in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea. Photography was not permitted, but I took this photo without fear of discovery. Note Tadao Ando’s signature concrete.