Good Morning….

I’ve got China on my mind again. Nothing political…well only a little. And after all, today is the opening day of the Olympics so why not celebrate something we can all appreciate? 

 Let’s talk Art!

I love art especially abstract and modern art….grew up with it all over our house. My father is an artist and I suppose I was so used to being around interesting art and artists my entire life, that I never really appreciated how lucky I was to be surrounded by such creativity.  

I love art especially abstract and modern art….grew up with it all over our house. My father is an artist and I suppose I was so used to being around interesting art and artists my entire life, that I never really appreciated how lucky I was to be surrounded by such creativity.  

However, I do remember our first family visit to Europe when I was twelve and visiting all of the museums day after day got really old when there was so much more to see such as….fashion!  Obviously the love of art showed up in a different medium that resonated with me to my core.  Fashion as an art form was my passion and all of the art that I was so blessed to view as I grew up influenced me year after year in my business. 

So when I was flipping through the paper the other day, an abstract sculpture caught my eye. The article was featuring 20 sculptors who were commissioned to do artwork for the Beijing Olympics and  one of the artists was from Oakland: Bruce Beasley. It was him and his sculpture that graced the front page. 

Sculpture by Bruce Beasley, Photo by Michael Macor / The Chronicle

Beasley’s sculpture, “Gathering of the Moons’ are beautiful slicing steel discs that fit together in an abstract form. And although he has shown several pieces of work in China, they always come back to the US…this one however will be a permanent installation. 

Beasley says, ‘I like to take shapes that alone don’t carry any emotional feeling, but by their intersecting of each other, start to talk to us emotionally.’ He relates it to how musical notes that stand alone have very little meaning…but put them together…‘….it’s their relationship with each other that makes the difference between something that’s noise and banal and something that is profound and moving.’ 

I like his analogy…right on. I see the musical movement in his ‘Gathering of the Moons’. And being the tactile person that I am, I wish I was in Beijing to not only feast my eyes, but delight my hands to their touch…I can only imagine how smooth the moons must feel and how their reflective surface shimmers in the sunlight.  

Hey….has anyone there seen this beauty live? 

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Hello Eng:  I am saddened by your email. I could never imagine what it is like to walk in your shoes. I was blessed to born a woman in America.

I feel it is my duty to write about worldly issues; to get them out there as I learn, so that I can share and spread what needs to be heard. I’m sure that goes for anyone who writes on my blog. I too learn from those that share their knowledge.  

Hi Merkid:  My only hope is that your surprise will be one that brings no harm but enlightens, teaches, or sends a message that many will listen to. I look forward to seeing it.

Hi Sheikh: How are you? Thanks for responding. Unfortunately, I had guessed as much. I bet the Mongol women that you brought up are so excited to finally have freedom. 

Thanks for allowing some Mongols to get in so that we can hear their thoughts. 

In regards to the rest of your comment….Ironies are popular these days….it seems to go hand in hand with greed. 

Hey Muhuli: Unfortunately and sadly you are so right. I wish I could say differently. ‘Exterminated’: The meaning is so different from being ‘assimilated’ but the intention is the same.  Why not call it what it is?  Do persecutors feel?  If they did, if they could step into your shoes and feel what being exterminated feels like, then they would not do what they do. 

Hi Eji:  As much as all of the girls are looking forward to meeting me, it is I who will be delighted to have such amazing girls from all over the world in my presence. You are all ‘up there’ working hard, learning and preparing. I too am preparing in my own way ‘down here’. 

Love your new attitude! And you are so right…there is room on earth for all of the cultures to inhibit it. 

ZL: I have a serious hankering too…Doug: do something! :) 

It is early and I have a job to go to – yes…this woman is back to work, part time helping out a friend. I’ll be posting way early every Friday morning for awhile…which means I’ll be getting up even earlier. Oh…How I love my sleep :)

Have a good one. 

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michelle  ?

aka: BABE….your Bad Ass Bitch Editor….I just love that.:)

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