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Recent Microposts and Posts at tomwilson.com
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Beyond the Boundaries of Art
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I ventured behind the blackout curtain on the left to find utter darkness. As I waited for my eyes to adjust, it dawned on me that this was not part of the exhibition. I quickly retreated back into the light, just as a docent approached. A mea culpa was in order.
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On my gray, misty Mississippi walk, a vibrant mural splashed across a concrete wall stabilizing the riverbank. "What Will Sustain Us?"—art that discourages taggers and transforms the mundane.
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Categories: Arts, Minneapolis
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We took our usual Sunday walk along one side of the Mississippi River, then headed back on the other side. The weather was comfortably in the mid-30s, and there was no wind. Even the river was calm.
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Categories: Walk, Our Neighborhood
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A Bit of What You Fancy Does You Good
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It’s Sausage Saturday which means there’ll be a (Nathan Lane) movie with an intermission with ice cream. Tonight: Gooey Butter Cake ice cream. “Cream cheese ice cream layered with crumbles of vanilla cake and a swirl of caramel-butterscotch sauce.” Dubious nutritional value. Perfect.
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My thoughtful sister-in-law has gifted us an early Christmas present: an advent calendar filled with 24 miniature wine bottles, all different. Each day we’ll open a new door to reveal another liquid delight.
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Categories: Christmas, Family
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The Unspoken Rules of Adjective Order
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An adjective order exercise was in the lesson plan today. There are many nuances in the English language that we are never taught explicitly, we just learn them through trial and error: correct adjective order is one of them. For non-native speakers, it needs to be taught explicitly.
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Through the Eye of a Gantry Crane
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Having refined the LEGO gantry crane's mechanics sufficiently, I've turned my focus to machine vision. This introduces software challenges that I'm tackling in small doses.
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