Saturday, July 15, 2006

the venetian problem ... a modest proposal




















on the one hand, you have lot of sinking islands

on the other, you have the italian concrete producers and the murano glass makers

my solution is to concrete in the lagoon and the waterways,

and then cover it all in beautiful glass from murano to imitate the water

this should keep everyone busy for the next fifty years

no doubt they're designing a stained glass window glorifying my image at this very moment

q.e.d.

bastille day

and another thing ...

as we were flying back from venice across france towards the ruddiest afterglow of a long slow sunset, nebulous puffs of colour and glitter seven miles below us told us that the french had begun their celebrations of bastille day

venice, by the slow boat from the airport

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the fabulous arsenale gate

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looks comfy

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new bells

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nice sign

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a sweet fancy

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reclining lady by botero

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nice shop front

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although i'd copied this zodiac from photographs before, i'd failed to notice the face on the scorpion's back

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jeff koons nine foot high balloon dog

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peggy guggenheim

the photo was taken by david seymour of magnum

there are some fantastically good things in her museum

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peggy's giacommetti ... possibly his best

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peggy had all these glass figurines made in imitation of figures created by picasso

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what's he so happy about ?

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