"Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Valuable, but small. And sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven’t been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I’ve read in a book, when shouldn’t it be the other way around? I don’t really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So, goodnight, dear void."
posted by Andrea at 11:48 PM
"The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection." JOHN MILTON, Of Education (1644)
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I love that first Fragonard, too.
I'm almost thinking that I bought a card of it after my first trip to the National Gallery. Lucky you, to be near it all the time!
By the way, have you ever been to Dumbarton Oaks Gardens? If you like gardens at all, I have the feeling it would be right up your alley.
I like the Group Portrait, which I saw with you. Tomorrow I'm planning to see some French painters myself at the Musee D'Orsay. :)
I do remember that! I remember that we loved how the little girl is looking straight out.
Have fun tomorrow! I'm quite jealous -- I've been to Paris twice, and yet was never able to make it to that museum!
Will --
I haven't been to Dumbarton Oaks, but it looks intriguing! Even though I've lived in this area for a long time, there are still things I've never done. In fact, I went to the Library of Congress on Saturday for the first time. I'm quite ashamed of myself! :-)
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