why wy?

 
It was open day at the museums (read free) yesterday, so we went to take a look. Not too sure about the state of modern art, but to me, badly taken photographs are not my idea of profound, life-changing art. I mean, there is artistic blur, like lomo, and just blur. Oh, and there was a lamp post and park bench as well. It was fresh when marcel did it in the 60's (i think) but it's not very original any more is it? The coolest exhibit (literally) was a suspended chandelier, encased in a ball of ice, kept frozen by a very quiet motor snaking up to meet it. The other was a series of delicately carved sardine cans, sprouting silver ferns, flowers and leaves.  Saw an interesting statue of circe the sorceress who turned men into pigs. The first thing I noticed was her posture, which was a classic swayback, ie her lower back was really curved and her shoulders were really far back. It's a little unsettling to be so clued in to the books. Definitely a nerd moment. 

Had lunch in a very French, very pre-war looking bakery. Turns out it's only been around for the last five years. You wouldn't be able to tell, it was really well done. Just as good as the old thing.

The same could be said of Segano's foot. Segano is this extremely high-level akido master who was in town to give a lesson on Saturday. He lost his foot to diabetes, so he wore shoes on the mat (a major no-no). Apart from a slight limp, you wouldn't even suspect it. So many instructors turned up for the lesson that, for a moment, they looked like whirling dervishes, just less colourful.