A Harp And A Boot And Flies

Did this at the museum today. The "MET" has sent us a lot of their stuff. I'm real proud how this turned out. If you look closely, the upper left has "The Cypresses" by Van Gogh.

What got me was that I think Cezanne was purposefully framing his wife in a harp. See that? I mentioned this to a couple of the people and they couldn't see it until I showed them this drawing... and still they couldn't understand the word "harp". I guess I don't say it well.

Her eyes actually look more like the painting that was behind me (also of his wife).

The lean and cylindrical head/body is on purpose... Cezanne did this.

I can't tell you the amount of concentration this took. I was having to go down outside every once in a while to fix the charcoal so it wouldn't smudge. This was confusing the people.

I won't go into this too much... but this happened to be an opening of a new exhibit. I didn't know about it.

And get this... Are you ready...

They had these bell statue things... caged in screen... with *flies*.... Hundreds of thousands... Yes flies. African flies they said. And dude they were getting loose. I am not joking.

Later I went to eat... and I couldn't eat outside because of the flies.

I am not joking.

Then... after eating... I went looking at the older stuff downstairs... and a band was playing... I walked by with my "More Cowbell" shirt and grinned. And I could swear I heard the drummer try and make a cowbell sound as I walked through another exhibit which you might call "Things On Big Paper".

So I walked around and end up in a crowd of people in the most fancy clothes ever... and I've got on my "More Cowbell" shirt and shorts. And they stop me, "Sir, this is for members only." I flash my silver sticker... and say, "I'm a member..." And I say to another, "Is it my attire?" So I entered this new exhibit and it is all this weird stuff... And then I'm approached again, and then I'm informed that this is not only a member's only event... but an invite only member's only event... I explain that I actually stumbled into this new exhibit on accident... and he says, "Yes, I remember the "More Cowbell" shirt from earlier in the afternoon."

Then he escorts me *out*... I mean he opens the door and everything...

And *then* the real fun has started... They are covering the bells in honey or something... There is a guy with a bunny suit (like our asbestos guys) dripping honey or something all over the bells... and flies are sticking to the bells... And all these people are so pretty... and all I can here is them talking about what so and so is doing... Dropping names like dropping flies... They are laughing. Flies are buzzing...

... and I've been kicked out...

But this is like a badge of honor... I just saw the harp... I had drawn "Starry Bucks" this morning... I've had a drawing I'm proud of in my backpack...

I came because Cezanne, Van Gogh, Millet and Pissarro had summoned me... and I was on the outside... just like them... only more outside...

I was an artist and I felt like clanking a cowbell.

I was the Avante Turde.