Is the torch swaying? I swear I can see Lady Liberty’s torch move, so I pick up my new binoculars. Sure enough, she is shivering so much in the knifelike cold winds that her arm is losing its grip as she pulls her flimsy gown closer to her. It is COLD. We have whitecaps in the East River water and the waves are headed straight on to the Promenade.
This is the perfect museum day and we take the 5 back to Grand Central and walk down six blocks to the JP Morgan Library and Museum. It is the last day for the William Blake exhibition and Ted, Greg and I want to take it in. This is a wonderful opportunity to see his watercolored prints for the Book of Job, Milton’s L'Allegro and Il Penseroso and The Continental Prophesies. Blake might have done an engraving on Liberty with a swaying torch. I truly engage with these great works, by taking off my glasses and putting my face within inches of the pieces to read Blake’s handwritten poetry. Ted is very, very pleased to have the opportunity to see the work of an admired artist.
If you want to share this experience, the wonders of the web put it at our fingertips even after the exhibit has closed. http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/blake/overview.asp
This is the perfect museum day and we take the 5 back to Grand Central and walk down six blocks to the JP Morgan Library and Museum. It is the last day for the William Blake exhibition and Ted, Greg and I want to take it in. This is a wonderful opportunity to see his watercolored prints for the Book of Job, Milton’s L'Allegro and Il Penseroso and The Continental Prophesies. Blake might have done an engraving on Liberty with a swaying torch. I truly engage with these great works, by taking off my glasses and putting my face within inches of the pieces to read Blake’s handwritten poetry. Ted is very, very pleased to have the opportunity to see the work of an admired artist.
If you want to share this experience, the wonders of the web put it at our fingertips even after the exhibit has closed. http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/blake/overview.asp
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