One thing (or two)

It's stupid to cry over a bad haircut, isn't it?  Yes, I know. But sometimes the stupid things are the things you cry about. And by "you," I mean "me." Or "I." Use the subjective or objective case, as appropriate. 

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I had 76 visitors in one day; rather a high number for me. I wasn't going to post anything this week, but I'd hate to disappoint such a huge reading public. But I don't really have much to say, so I'll just share this little collection of pictures that I took yesterday at the National Gallery of Art. I took many more; maybe I'll post them another time.  

I have a weakness for museum gift shops and the NGA's gift shops are the best. I bought a canvas tote bag, because I love canvas tote bags; and a book, Every Person in New York, by the great Jason Polan.  Great art can't fix a bad haircut, but it makes me feel a little better. And my hair will grow.

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The Lo Shu: The number of the total is
fifty; of these forty-nine are used. 

Robert Henri, Snow in New York. 

Andy Warhol, A Boy for Meg.
This, I suppose, really is "fake news."

Edouard Vuillard, Child Wearing a Red Scarf. 

George Bellows, New York. 

Jackson Pollock, Number 7

On Kawara, One Thing, 1965, Viet-Nam.
Well, two things, actually--I was born in 1965. 

Pierre Bonnard,
Paris, Rue de Parme on Bastille Day

Alfred Stieglitz. City of Ambition. 

Pierre Bonnard, Work Table