Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Pleasures and Disappointments

It was disappointing to hear that the Louvre in Paris was closed down today because of "bands" of young immigrant children pick-pocketing tourist and disappearing. Julie got such pleasure of seeing Edgar Degas' "Little Dancer Age Fourteen" when we visited there back in 1998. The Little Dancer first appeared along with other Degas works in an 1881 Paris exhibit of impressionist art. The Artist had been working on her since the late 1970's. The original sculpture was of wax and dressed more elaborately than the current versions. It was only after Degas' death in 1917 that the "Little Dancer" was cast in bronze, with added fabric tutu and hair ribbon. Julie had been involved with ballet for a number of years before our trip which helped to stimulate her interest in the object. I just happened to catch her in the picture.
The Louvre being closed down wasn't our only disappointment today. It was an icy, cold day and Elaine and I spent much of the day on a computer project. I would do some reading from an old Diary and dictate quips to Elaine which she typed in a Word Document. We were about finished when the screen went dark and we haven't been able to bring it back to life. Unfortunately, we hadn't saved anything as we went along so it may be lost. We may have to take the monitor along with the computer tomorrow to check on the problem.

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