Three cool things have gone down lately:
(1) Ian saw his first movie in a movie theater! That's right, at the ripe old age of 2 and 11 mos. We caught a matinee last Saturday of Toy Story 3 (in 2D) and he loved it. Sat through it entranced, and with hardly a moment's fidgeting. Had his first taste of movie theatre popcorn, too. G'ma was there to document the occasion with photos. Luckily there was only a handful of people in the theatre to be annoyed with the flash (we waited until the credits.) I loved the film, by the way. The ending packs a surprisingly emotional punch. ****
(1) Ian saw his first movie in a movie theater! That's right, at the ripe old age of 2 and 11 mos. We caught a matinee last Saturday of Toy Story 3 (in 2D) and he loved it. Sat through it entranced, and with hardly a moment's fidgeting. Had his first taste of movie theatre popcorn, too. G'ma was there to document the occasion with photos. Luckily there was only a handful of people in the theatre to be annoyed with the flash (we waited until the credits.) I loved the film, by the way. The ending packs a surprisingly emotional punch. ****(2) I stopped in at the Portland Art Museum's exhibit featuring R. Crumb's comic book rendering of The Book of Genesis. What a mindboggling work that is. The most fascinating thing is he depicts it with (as you would expect) unflinching honesty and without the faintest touch of ridicule. I know there will be loud detractors from every critical vantage point on this, but I for one found it 
mesmerizing--even awesome. The scope and ambition of the project and Crumb's integrity are impressive. Go and see this. Every page of Crumb's book is framed and on the wall, and every word of every chapter of Genesis is there to read. And while you're there, go to the basement and see the masters' drawings exhibit. Ingres, Rembrandt, Durer...can't do better than that.
mesmerizing--even awesome. The scope and ambition of the project and Crumb's integrity are impressive. Go and see this. Every page of Crumb's book is framed and on the wall, and every word of every chapter of Genesis is there to read. And while you're there, go to the basement and see the masters' drawings exhibit. Ingres, Rembrandt, Durer...can't do better than that. (3) Had lunch with K at Creme de la Creme, a French food cart fashioned from an old school bus, parked up in an alley near 33rd and Hawthorne. It's connected to a Seattle restaurant/bar called Gainsbourg, run by an old Spokane acquaintance of mine JJ Wandler. K had a brie and cucumber sandwich and I had a yummy croque monsieur. Check them out sometime.
Here's a taste of Crumb's Genesis work: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/18/arts/20091018-SALK_index.html
& here's his official website:http://www.crumbproducts.com/
Here's Creme de la Creme's Facebook page:
And here you can explore other facets of the Portland Art Museum: http://portlandartmuseum.org/
~CD
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