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LIGHTSCAPE 22/23
LIGHTSCAPE, the outdoor light show experience at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden concludes this Sunday, January 8. Here are some of this year’s highlights in pics and vids. You can also catch the splendor from last year’s show here and here.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged art, birds, botanic, brooklyn, Cathedral, Garden, installation, light, Lightscape, lightshow, photography, sculpture, Snowflakes, videos, winter
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A Walk Through Central Park
Central Park was in fall splendor this recent November Monday as I walked from Sheep Meadow through to the Plaza at the 5th ave / 59 Street exit, but the hot sun and blue sky framed the autumnal scene in … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Avenue, Autumn, Central Park, New York City, photography, sculpture, Sheap Meadow, skyscrapers, Sunshine, The Plaza
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BROOKLYN HALLOWEEN
Or rather Park Slope Halloween. Or more specifically some of the Halloween decorations I photographed in my neighborhood. Vroom Vroom! Hello, Sailor!
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, cobwebs, decorations, dragon, ghost, Halloween, motorcycle, Mummy, neighborhood, Park Slope, photography, pumpkin, sculpture, skeleton, spider, wreath, zombies
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BRIER PATCH in MADISON SQUARE PARK
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', The Teaching Artist, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged American Dream, art, Brier Patch, Conservatory, education, exhibition, Hugh Hayden, installation, Madison Square, New York City, park, photography, progress, public art, school desk, sculpture, tree branch, winter
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A TOWN OF TWO LUCYS
In the village of Celoron, part of the town of Ellicott, on the western boundary of the city of Jamestown, in Chautauqua County, in the state of New York, United States, a statue was erected in honor of Lucille Ball, … Continue reading
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Tagged Celoron, Chautauqua, Dave Poulin, Ellicott, Jamestown, Lake, lighthouse, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Mark & Jetta Wilson, memorial, New Lucy, New York, park, Scary Lucy, sculpture, statue, Vitameatavegamin
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RED ROCK CANYON
A Scenic Drive West of Las Vegas Ed and I flew into Las Vegas last weekend. It’ll be our base for a week (more on that later) as we plan a tour of the Great American West, or as … Continue reading
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
4/15/19 – 4:40pm EDT I am watching with horror and sadness the incredible destruction by fire of Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral. In grief and helplessness I decided to go through the pictures I took when Ed and I visited … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Cathedral, Notre Dame, Paris, photography, religious, sculpture, stain glass
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MARK TWAIN NEVER GOT TO THE LOUVRE (but I did)
A trip to the magnificent Louvre museum with Mark Twain. Well actually Mark Twain himself never got there, but he wrote about not getting there in “The Innocents Abroad”, and that satirical anecdote about what happens to unwary, blustery Americans … Continue reading
JON BUNGE’S SHAPES AND SHADOWS
The other weekend artist Jon Bunge opened his studio up to the public as part of the Gowanus Open Studios 2018. I’ve known Jon for many years. His work was always abstract. The black and white pictures … Continue reading
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Tagged art, branches, collage, colored paper, gowanus, Jon Bunge, open, photography, sculpture, shadow, studio, willow
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Sensual Statues in the Streets of Paris
Nude statues are all over Paris. I don’t know if statistically there are more nude statues there than in other European cultural capitals, or if the nude statues of Paris are particularly more sensual than elsewhere, or if it is … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged angel, Arts and Metiers, Bacchus, bastille, Beethoven, church, classical music, Fountain of Medici, jardin, Like a Prayer, Louvre, Luxembourg, Madonna, nudes, Opera, Paris, pieta, Romance, sculpture, Seine, sensual, sensual classics, Tuileries
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NATARAJA – The Dancing King
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Tagged ABBA, dance, Dancing King, Dancing Queen, George and the Dragon, India, Nataraja, photography, sculpture, Shiva
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ARTS-A-POPPIN’
There’s a new category here at Notes from a Composer: Arts-a-Poppin’. (This category, like all the others, can be accessed on the right side of every site page, just below the tweet stream.) After posting a double bill of selections … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News
Tagged Arts-a-Poppin', Brazil, Hellzapoppin, memorial, New York, Notes from a Composer, Painting, photography, sculpture, Visual Arts
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A study of light in blue and gold
The morning sun dappled our blue and gold head sculpture just so the other day. So I took this picture. That’s the version that should fit comfortably on your screen. For a BIGnified look at the details, plus details about … Continue reading
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Tagged Benzoni, colbalt, glass blowing, Murano, sculpture, Venice
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