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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES...Music is the mathematics of the gods = PYTHAGORAS...Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I think therefore I am troubled = RENEE DESCARTES<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Vincent, Sister Wendy & The Designer

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The Starry Night
When Van Gogh 
looks at the night sky,
he does not see it as we do, 
still & silent.
 
He sees it swirling around  
in bright movement, 
like a giant firework.

Even the cypress trees
are seen as great 
leaping flames...

Everything is alive, 
almost frighteningly alive.
Only the power of the artist 
holds it all together for us.

Sister Wendy
My Favorite Things


Wendy Beckett is British.
She is also a nun and an art critic.
She has narrated six documentaries
for BBC (and/or PBS), including
The History of Painting.

If you and a good neighbor counted
all your fingers and toes, the two
of you would approximate
how many art books
she has written.

Many of her books are about her "Boss,"
who  coincidentally happens to be
the most influential  and inspirational
man in the history of European culture.
His name is Jesus Christ.

MY FAVORITE THINGS,
published by  1999, is not
one of those  books

 



You may or may not recognize
the titles of the art featured
in this book.

However, regardless of your CQ
(Culture Quotient) you will be
able  to thoroughly appreciate
seventy-five reproductions
in full color, thanks to the
commentary by a nun
who lives in a
monastery.

In 1998, MY FAVORITE THINGS
was submitted to Abrams Books.

It included a portrait of Wendy
holding a blank picture frame.



A name familiar to the
GoodFather of Math
filled in the blanks.
 
             
Sister Wendy is also known
as The Art Nun.

The designer of this book is
also known as Mrs. CarPeo.

MY FAVORITE THINGS
will be returned  to
my favorite library
when Mrs. CarPeo
approves this page. 

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Footnote
The soundtrack for this page, hyperlinked to The Starry Night and my favorite library,
is  Don McLean's "Starry, Starry Night" and John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things."
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