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Sunday, December 31, 2006

Went to see Luca Cambiaso's work



What a joy it was to look, really look at his calligraphic lines. Then, just as I was about to sketch, a young docent came by and said, "You can't use a pen in the gallery -- you have to use pencil." Mercifully, she had some. Cruelly, they were the stubby pencils you see people use to mark miniature golf scores.

I stood looking, and sketching, until sweat began to trickle down my back. Guess I'll have to get in better shape if I want to do this more often.

2 comments:

MB said...

Something very telling about sweat... thanks for sharing this.

Anonymous said...

oh, i think that sketch is well worth the sacrifices of a stubby back and a sweaty pencil, lori. you are good!