Late City Edition
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Tonight in the library (where I started writing this post) I bumped into a friend and former student and he introduced me to John Sloan, who painted the work at the start of this post and the self portrait below.
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It's getting late, so I'll switch to headline mode.
FLEISCHMANN ENJOYS LONG TALK WITH FATHER (HSLABW)
ON YOM HASHOA: CLASS LISTENS ATTENTIVELY AS VETERAN TEACHER TELLS THEM ABOUT HIS TEACHER RABBI FEIFER, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
AFTER STAYING AT WORK TILL 7:3O PM ENTERING GRADES, CHATS WITH FATHER ON WAY HOME (SEE PAGE 1)
AT LAST MINUTE RABBI FLEISCHMANN STEPS IN TO RUN MEMORIAL SERVICE: OPENS WITH "A TIME FOR EVERYTHING," AND CLOSES WITH METAPHORICAL INTERPRETATION OF TRADITIONAL COMFORT LINE REGARDING MOURNING OF THE TEMPLE
THE IPAD: A FUNKY ALTERNATIVE TO A SMALL LAPTOP?
INTROVERTS NEED ALONE TIME TO RECHARGE THEIR BATTERIES, SO THE STORY IS TOLD
FLEISCHMANN USES HIS PRIVATE DIARY TECHNIQUE OF HEADLINES IN HIS BLOG FIVE YEARS AFTER THE FIRST TIME HIS DID SO
5 Comments:
I love the top picture. It's alive!
He's great, just discovered him.
Check out:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=john+sloan+paintings&gbv=2&aq=0&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=john+sloan+&gs_rfai=
Don't need to; I googled him as soon as I saw this painting!
Wow, really like this guy's stuff! I used to do volunteer service for the Jewish Family Service, and my job was to visit old people living alone or almost alone. Some of these were Holocaust survivors. I got to meet many. Even though they survived, life was hard for them ever after, emotionally speaking. I don't think one can truly outlive that experience. I learned so much about humans and life, about surviving in the world, from them.
I missed this comment till now, appreciate it. I really like John Sloan's work too, and am happy I was introdced to him by a student of mine who's now in college and studied him in art history class.
I too visited survivors in their homes. I worked for Selfhelp for a year, an organization for Holocaust survivors. Sigh.
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