Now that I've gotten that off my chest
Now that I've gotten that off my chest ... Something nice did happen today. The boring preamble is that I went with my parents to a very nice brunch, and then to a high level (verifiably artisanal!) art show this morning. It almost went horribly, horribly wrong, but it turned out mediocre*. Which, under the circumstances, is GREAT! On to the nice!
One of the exhibitors at the art show was a calligrapher, one of whose primary media is illuminated manuscripts. For whatever reason, I started chatting with her, and said, "My first piano teacher, when I was 3 years old, was a nun at Villa Maria ..." Which she immediately interrupted with, "I know who you're talking about. It's Sister Martinell. She taught me calligraphy."
I used to watch Sister Martinell do illumination, sometimes, which is how I got fascinated with it. It turns out, she taught illumination and calligraphy, and this woman was one of her students. What was very cool to me was that she said she is still alive and there is a residence at Villa Maria and she's living there. She was really, really nice to me, and I remember her well, so I'm going to see if I can contact the College and see if they can put me in touch with her. To me, that was special and nice.
*I mean the whole interacting with other humans thing, not the food or the art, which were very good (food), and exceptional (art), respectively.
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One of the exhibitors at the art show was a calligrapher, one of whose primary media is illuminated manuscripts. For whatever reason, I started chatting with her, and said, "My first piano teacher, when I was 3 years old, was a nun at Villa Maria ..." Which she immediately interrupted with, "I know who you're talking about. It's Sister Martinell. She taught me calligraphy."
I used to watch Sister Martinell do illumination, sometimes, which is how I got fascinated with it. It turns out, she taught illumination and calligraphy, and this woman was one of her students. What was very cool to me was that she said she is still alive and there is a residence at Villa Maria and she's living there. She was really, really nice to me, and I remember her well, so I'm going to see if I can contact the College and see if they can put me in touch with her. To me, that was special and nice.
*I mean the whole interacting with other humans thing, not the food or the art, which were very good (food), and exceptional (art), respectively.
http://www.ralaweb.com/
http://www.roycroftinn.com/
http://www.ralaweb.com
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