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devohoneybee at 11:40am on 23/12/2004
devohoneybee at 11:40am on 23/12/2004The amusing part about calling this journal "Honey and Sting" is that now, all I have to type is "ho" and my browser figures out where we are going. *s*
The leavetaking, update. Saw the China exhibit at the Met yesterday, in record time as I had not realized when I arrived at 4:17 that the museum closes at 5:15, which means around 5, they start shooing people. Even at breakneck speed, the exhibit was breathtaking, mostly for its terra cotta figures of people, tomb gaurdians (warriors and chimeric animals), horses, and camels. What was wonderful was the uniqueness of each figure -- distinct facial expressions and features, leading one to believe they might have been modeled from particular people and/or animals. I especially enjoyed one camel figure, hind legs standing, front legs kneeling, lips curled back in some sort of, "you want me to hold this position for HOW long??" expression. The warriors were all postury with bravura, the horses sublimely graceful. One of the last figures in the exhibit is a young girl on a horse, her head on her hands, leaning forward in repose. Just... makes you feel peaceful looking at it.
Meanwhile, not packing! eeek! The movers are due next Wed, will do most of the packing for me, but there's lots I need to do pre- their arrival. Yesterday did manage to sort out the beads I need to take with me on my carry-on (preciousssssssssssss!!!!), and those I can bear to be apart from for a week, in boxes in some nasty old truck crossing the country..... *sniff*
Yes, well, the Buddhist non-attachment thing, need to work on that a bit more, apparently. But beads! pretty! shiny!
-- Devo the magpie
The leavetaking, update. Saw the China exhibit at the Met yesterday, in record time as I had not realized when I arrived at 4:17 that the museum closes at 5:15, which means around 5, they start shooing people. Even at breakneck speed, the exhibit was breathtaking, mostly for its terra cotta figures of people, tomb gaurdians (warriors and chimeric animals), horses, and camels. What was wonderful was the uniqueness of each figure -- distinct facial expressions and features, leading one to believe they might have been modeled from particular people and/or animals. I especially enjoyed one camel figure, hind legs standing, front legs kneeling, lips curled back in some sort of, "you want me to hold this position for HOW long??" expression. The warriors were all postury with bravura, the horses sublimely graceful. One of the last figures in the exhibit is a young girl on a horse, her head on her hands, leaning forward in repose. Just... makes you feel peaceful looking at it.
Meanwhile, not packing! eeek! The movers are due next Wed, will do most of the packing for me, but there's lots I need to do pre- their arrival. Yesterday did manage to sort out the beads I need to take with me on my carry-on (preciousssssssssssss!!!!), and those I can bear to be apart from for a week, in boxes in some nasty old truck crossing the country..... *sniff*
Yes, well, the Buddhist non-attachment thing, need to work on that a bit more, apparently. But beads! pretty! shiny!
-- Devo the magpie
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