Yesterday at the Met

I had a couple hours to kill after a meeting uptown yesterday, so I headed to the Met. With the McQueen show closed, it was pleasantly calm; plenty of elbow room and opportunity to hang out and wander around. I decided to explore less familiar galleries. In the Arts of Oceania section I saw a "dance wand" that looked like a very elaborately dressed, very worried-looking wooden spoon.

Practice for a project I'm working on, slowly. It's an excuse to draw more dancers. That's a good enough excuse as any for personal work.

Calder's place

Images via OneEightNine

I don't usually like to re-blog stuff, but I just stumbled on these amazing pictures of Alexander Calder's house from the book Calder at Home: The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder. And since I'm already on the theme of cluttered, cozy, lived-in spaces...