NYC Subway Art

There's a lot of art in the New York City subway system, and an app to find them. I've noticed some as I've traveled through out the system. I was in the R/N Prince St. Station when I saw this and thought it was brilliant. It's called "Carrying On" by Janet Zweig and Edward del Rosario.

It just struck me as scenes you would see in the subway. Meta, so to speak.

Just goes to show, there are some surprisingly nice things in the subway!

Swings + Curtain = Interactive Art

Today was the last day of Ann Hamilton's "event of a thread" at the Park Armory.  It's a whimsical, interactive art display involving swings. It was fun! You swing, and the strings attached to the swing move through pulleys and move this big, white, silky curtain.  According to the exhibit information it invites "visitors to connect to the action of each other and the work itself."

This is the type of art I can get into. I don't get the larger meaning, I'll be honest. But I love the beauty of the movement of the curtain, especially when you lay down under it.

The other interesting thing, considering it was an interactive exhibit,  was that no one got beaned by a swing. You had a lot of people and kids running in and around the swings and no one got it. There were close calls, but no collisions.

MP took some pics and vid of the exhibit, as well, that you can view here.



Swings from run lynn run on Vimeo.

Resolution for 2013

It's that time of the year. I've been debating what kind of New Year's resolution to pursue. After much back and forth -- between food and exercise -- I've decided on trying to follow a vegan diet for a year. Now there will be two exceptions: butter (for baking purposes because nothing beats butter) and cheese (specifically
parmesan, blue cheese and goat cheese which I like to have in my salads).

We'll see how long this lasts. My year of veggies I had egg and fish as protein back-up. This will be much harder I know, but it will be a good experiment for me.

My other 2013 resolution: making the most of New York City and going beyond my neighborhood. I plan to explore the boroughs more.

Happy New Year!

Stop the Presses! Clark Kent Leaves The Daily Planet

Apparently in this latest issue of the Superman Comic, Clark Kent aka Superman, aka long-time reporter for The Daily Planet, will be doing his impression of "Take This Job and Shove It."

“Rather than Clark be this clownish suit that Superman puts on, we’re going to really see Clark come into his own in the next few years as far as being a guy who takes to the Internet and to the airwaves and starts speaking an unvarnished truth,” writer Scott Lobdell told USA Today.

This should be interesting. Or as Perry White would say, "Great Caesar's Ghost!" (I still don't get that phrase.)