mfa

Yesterday, back to the MFA with my friend Beth to visit the new Art of the Americas wing. We started on the top floor – the modern art floor that I had missed last time. There was an arresting Mark Rothko up there (I was arrested, I'm not saying that I understood it). And we got to see some Georgia O'Keefe, including White Rose with Larkspur. Beautiful.

O'Keefe took an image – the rose – that people have seen a million times in nature and art, that would even be considered cliche. Then she depicted it in a fresh new way, as if we are seeing the rose for the first time. A fine artistic goal.

In other news, I'm back to work on Tuesday, and I'm officially taking a break from my revision. I was tempted to go back and just fix this one scene…but no. I have no perspective on the book, so I risk mucking things up if I go back. I'm not sure how I feel about the work I did during this break. I certainly put in the time and the effort, but due to my lack of perspective it's difficult to know whether the results are good or bad. Nevertheless, I have to ease into not-writing for a while. It will take some getting used to. Many books to read, movies to watch, music to listen to. New things to see in new ways.