{"id":4420,"date":"2012-07-14T20:13:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T00:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2012-07-14T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T00:13:33","slug":"saturday-evening-klimt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2012\/07\/14\/saturday-evening-klimt\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday evening – Klimt"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's about 8pm on a sultry Saturday evening its been near 90 all day and the reptile In me has me moving very slowly. I know when I say 90 that readers in the south and southeast will sneer and say that's not so hot … Just realize that almost nothing p here is air conditioned,,, <\/p>\n

Even with the heat, though it was a really pleasant day. We'd originally planned to be at a lacrosse tournament in rhode island this weekend gabe decided he couldn't participate, so that left us with a surprise weekend off with absolutely no plans. As always, when I have nothing I have to do, I revert to my natural state which is immobile. Actually.. We did go ano a cool hike today.. And I added a bunch of good new patterns to my programmable hula hoop (rotating rainbow, rasta flag, epileptic strobe ) but for the most part.. All I did was sit under a fan… And browse the Internet..<\/p>\n

That's how I came to know that today marks the 150th birthday of Gustav Klimt..<\/p>\n

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. Probably the most recognizable artist of the fin de si\u00e8cle Vienna. I have a deep attachment to Klimt because of the time I spent living in Vienna.. His almost kitsch gold leaf paintings and posters always put me in the mood for oil black coffee and sacher torte. It's funny how something like that can take you back so quickly and powerfully to a time and place (madeleines anyone \ud83d\ude42 ?) I remember hours walking through the gallery just down the street looking at Klimt prints<\/p>\n

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And Kokoshka<\/div>\n
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And Schiele<\/div>\n
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I don't look at art much anymore.. I think it was because I made a c in art history once.. Dunno.. But it's nice on the occasion of Klimts birthday to say.. Or at least think.. Hertzlich Gluchwunsch zum Geburtstag, Gustav !<\/p>\n

Nite all, nite Sam<\/p>\n

-me<\/p>\n

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