weather

It's 12 degrees warmer in Montone, Italy that it is here.  ; )

Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello will be in Germany while I'm there!  They will in Neuhausen ob Eck at the Southside Festival along with some other very awesome bands.  I'm pretty stoked.

Germany

It's been brought to my attention that there is a relatively small amount of information in this blog.  I'll try to fix that.  It's difficult because I think things all the time and don't necessarily know if I've voiced those thoughts or if exist only in my head.

I plan to go to Germany to see some family after the Italy trip.  I'm very excited about it.  I haven't seen them in twelve years.  My niece and nephew were little and none of them have met my son.  Gabe is going to fly over while I'm in Germany.  Jason might, too.  He goes kind of back and forth about it, but I imagine when it comes time to buy tickets he'll have to decide.

January Meeting

We had another meeting today.  I'm not sure I needed to drive all the way to Claremore for it, though.

We did learn a little about two artists whose work we'll be seeing while in Italy.  Piero della Francesca and Luca Signorelli.  That last name makes me giggle, because it sounds like Cinderelli and I get song from the Walt Disney movie in my head.  Both of these guys were making art that would lead into Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

This is a polyptych altar piece by Piero della Francesca.  The subject matter isn't my favorite to look at, but I do enjoy seeing the revelation that took place leading medieval art into art that really seems to have three dimensional depth.  Also, this is what you painted if you were an artist in the 14th or 15th century.  

This is not reminiscent of most Luca Signorelli work that I have seen, but it was the most web appropriate for my audience.  Signorelli liked to paint what he thought happened to the people that didn't make it into heaven and it didn't look fun.  Well, some if it... Anyway, I really do like this piece so here it is.  

We also talked about Italian food and where we might stay.  If there was anything else, I zoned out and missed it.  If you see me in the next couple of weeks you might nag me about grant writing.  I meant to do it over the holiday, but it didn't happen.