Somehow I've managed to have fun all week without even realizing it! Come today and I realize that I've got homework, laundry, and dishes. I guess I really must haul ass to the land of responsibility.
Yesterday, however, was really spectacular! My roommate and I went to the John Berggruen Gallery to see the Chuck Close exhibit. I didn't get any pictures because I was too chicken to ask the receptionist to use my camera, but here's a sample of his art:
Emma, 2002
"Kara", 2012
A photograph of self-portraits
Like I said, it was pretty spectacular. I read about him when I was in elementary school, but I never thought I'd see his work in real life until the other day when I saw his exhibit available downtown! He's in a wheelchair, but he paints portraits on these giant canvases using the grid, color-layering, and pixels. Read more about him here and here. He's a bad motherfucker, and I strive to be a bad mother fucker. Chuck Close once said, "Painting for me is like putting rocks in your shoes before you go out on a journey. It's about making things a little more difficult for yourself so that you know where you are going, but you never really know how you're going to get there."
I don't really know how I will get all my work done today, but I know that I will get it done. Happy Sunday, folks.
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