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.)

Unexpected Packages

It's always fun getting mail. I'm not talking bills, magazines, wedding invitations or the like. I'm talking honest to goodness mail. Letters or even better: package slips. I got a surprise package in the spring and it was the highlight of my spring. I received another in the mail last night. Based on the info on the slip, I thought maybe it was a gift card. I received an via email from GF and Crate and Barrel, but thought this was Crate and Barrel's official way of tell me.

I got to the post office and knew pretty quickly that I was wrong. This is what I picked up.

 It was not a gift card. It was like a kid on Christmas Eve. I couldn't wait to get home to see who the package was from.

I figured it was a limited group since I haven't sent out my I've moved email (which I will do...soon). I opened the box, expecting to see the Styrofoam peanuts. Instead I got this:

I imagine people who have gift registries for when they get married or have a kid must get these a lot. Since I've done neither, it was really fun to get! But for a second, I wondered if this was Crate and Barrel's way of giving me a gift car -- the box within a box withing a box.

Luckily for me, it wasn't!

It was this beautiful bowl from my cousin's family. It really is beautiful and I've put it on my bookshelf as art for the time being. That's how much I love the salad bowl!