Art-venture

Brain is frizzled. Art class today was held at WWU, a scant 7 minute walk from home. I think it was the first time I've been there just for my own purposes, without Hava or Braden or anybody else; even when I practice there it's when H is in class. Today was a great day for it, beautiful semi-rainy weather, giant ominous clouds with patches of blue, trees still with their full spectrum of green to bright red. For years and years I couldn't let myself completely enjoy fall, not completely sure why - probably has something to do with back-to-school associations, and living in california until I was 6. But this year and last there have been these moments where this intense perception of the beauty of it breaks through, and I can't help but just totally embrace autumn. For our art class the teacher dude ["Professor" is kind of a stretch in his case, I think] walked us around the campus and talked about the sculptures & the artists who made them, including "Particle Physics Experiment Gone Horribly Wrong," "Staircase Up & Then Back Down," and the local favorite, "Man Fucks Cougar."

Anyway, turns out the campus is really beautiful this time of year. Big, old brick buildings framing changing trees & weird art, who couldn't love it? I stayed after "class" to explore the library, and when I walked home it was that thick windy darkness, and I was glad to have on my quietest shoes, as I deliberately chose the darker corners & corridors every chance I got. Neat!

music: Mahler's 2nd Symphony
book: Martin Buber, The Way of Man