WMV Music Web Log

Marilyn writes from VCCA:

I am in the library, in the midst of well over a thousand interesting books. Right next to me here at the computer is the music section. Each bedroom has about a hundred books on the built in shelves - old, but some are interesting. It is like a candy store for ......

Two new people arrived this morning - a composer and a visual artist. Very upbeat. Jewish as well. We have a large Jewish contingent, escaping Christmas, holiday parties, shopping, etc. - the commercialization of the holiday is nowhere around here.
There is a Christmas tree in the huge living room, and we will have a menorah with candles each night of Chanukah. (thanks to a visiting writer who will get one from the Charlottsville rabbi tonight.)

My studio is unbelievably huge. It's the luck of the draw - and I got the big one. They are all generous - mine is huge. Windows on three sides, full of light.
I am doing small encaustic paintings - adding some plain wood, will have to explore this. That's the kick of being here - time to follow an idea and not have to deal with traffic and tasks and "real life" before you try it out.

Last night I met the new sculptor, from Japan via Pittsburgh. Turns out he knows my old thesis advisor from Mass Art, Lowry Burgess. Not only KNOWS him, but is his teaching assistant. Boy do I wish I had a Lowry around somewhere, in my present life. Maybe it's true that you get what you really need, when you need it.