Art

Ghent_Altarpiece - Jan van Eyck

I went to see "Monuments Men" with my eldest son.  I loved it and I don't understand why it got such poor reviews, 34% on the Tomatometer for instance.  But then my opinions and the reviewers are often at odds.  Found this little article in the online Smithsonian about the real people who tackled this huge task.  Then I sallied forth and ordered myself a copy of Robert Edsel's book "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History."  One of the opening scenes in the film shows the citizens of Bruges are frantically shoring up the last remaining cathedral wall carrying DaVinci's "Last Supper" mural after the cathedral was took a bomb. It brought me to tears.  So did the scenes about the theft of the Ghent Alterpiece.  Art has always been one of my loves, and was my major in school.  I was going to write something pithy about civilization and art but I seem to have no pithiness.


I did get on with my annual long distance tracking of the Iditarod.  Dallas Seavey won with an amazing push at the end breaking the Iditarod speed record; Aily Zirkle, my pick came in second with a super run as well.  I read that the lack of snow actually contributed to the speed as ice is easier to travel over than snow, news to me.  Caused some accidents though.


My internet goes off today as the move begins.  Back sometime next week.  In between will be just more back and forth, back and forth.  Then Saturday sleeping in my own bed in my new home.   See you when I can.