tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post3117467217356268337..comments2023-12-28T16:38:26.304-08:00Comments on ACravan: Saint Namdev, The Emperor And The CowACravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-55995878185232841272011-12-16T07:46:09.282-08:002011-12-16T07:46:09.282-08:00This cow actually has a mate, who will be making a...This cow actually has a mate, who will be making an appearance at some point. I was unaware of this artist and painting, but last week visited the Brandywine River Museum and saw it nestled in the same gallery with N.C. Wyeth works, as well as others by illustrators Howard Pyle, Maxfield Parrish and the fascinating Chester County, PA, black "primitive" artist, Horace Pippen, who Caroline's mother knew a long time ago when she was very young. It was a lot of fun. The museum is best known for its large collection of Andrew Wyeth works (it's in Chadds Ford) and works by Wyeth family members and it's a lovely building at a beautiful bend in the river. Seeing the N.C. Wyeths, especially the Robert Louis Stevenson-related pictures, is always wonderful. A bit of sad nostalgia there are the original Maxfield Parrish maquettes for the Old King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. That used to be a very special room, which the hotel wrecked when they redesigned it a few years ago. It had been perfectly planned originally and, according to some, was the birthplace of the bloody mary. Hinkleys cows are very moving. Every day on the drive to Bryn Mawr, which we take twice a day to Jane's school, we see a herd of black cows who appear to have certain magical qualities. Sometimes the drive is further enlivened by a fox's appearance. Slipping and Sliding -- that's how it feels. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-72833176000541152512011-12-14T07:23:14.193-08:002011-12-14T07:23:14.193-08:00Curtis,
That's a fine bumpersticker and a hau...Curtis,<br /><br />That's a fine bumpersticker and a haunted, apprehensive cow, whose glance might stay entry into the river of no return toward the captive-bolt gun of eternity... for about one second.<br /><br />Why is it that there is never so deep a pathos in the glance of even the most Spiritual of human beings?TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com