Anodyne
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
 
Grey Wednesday off.

Large americano and the New York Times.

2000 words of art criticism (Adam Harrison's 365 Sketches), in longhand, blue Bic stickpen on lined yellow newsprint pad, with brief excursions into Walter Benjamin ("A Little History of Photography"), Peter Galassi (Before Photography), Fred Orton (Figuring Jasper Johns, for a Johns sketchbook quote that turned out not to be there, but I didn't realize that until I'd skimmed the whole book), Paul Auster (Collected Prose, for a Wallace Stevens quote, which actually was there) and the Random House Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (limn, sketch).

Nap.

False Creek ferry to Granville Island.

Americano, and a maple iced ring from Lee's Donuts in the market, home of the best doughnuts in North America.

Retrieved an Ian Wallace photograph (limited edition: 11/25) from the Charles Scott Gallery at the art school. Lugged it home on the ferry.

Nap.

Walked to Book & Comic Emporium in search of the Century Travellers Series (Arrow Books, London, zillions of titles and terrific editorial taste. The Black Lizard Books of the travel world).

Bus to work.

2000 words of art criticism revision + typing it all into the frequently crashing office computer + computer rebooting + helping John run the till.

(I realize how much this sounds like a Doug Coupland-esque caricature of a hard day's work on the West Coast, but that's actually how this warm grey Wednesday went down. Just the facts, ma'am).
- posted by cjb @ 10:10 PM


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