Shorespirit's Journal: for art's sake

seasonably colder here now. we easterners express our annoyance with "I know I shouldn't be complaining, but...".

weekend was a little more active than the last couple. being in the neighborhood for a lunch that I was shown out of earlier than I'd imagined, I took advantage of the opportunity to visit LACMA again. the galleries I stayed in were empty enough to meditate undisturbed on the weirdness of art museums. choice quote (next to some Olmec pottery): the enterance to the underworld was thought accessible by means of the ritual ballgame, through the jaws of a toadlike creature with feline attributes...

I also learned to tell William and Mary furniture apart from queen Anne. and there was something about large earlobes symbolizing ascetism - anyone care to explain that to me?

on a more political (in Aristotle's sense) note, an officemate had a moving-in party. I met some video-game designers, and asked why both the electronic and real-time role players I know concentrate on killing monsters, when it seems like there are so much more excitment in life to role-play, especially when you add life from alternate universes. they didn't know either.

later, I got introduced to the graphics of Barbara Kruger, which struck me as innovative. this examplar is unsigned, but must at least be by a disciple.