Gallery Day! (And the opera of course)
We chose to venture forth to two museums:
The Mucha Museum -> Which offered a succinct and informative history of Alphonse Mucha’s life. He seems to have been one of the first really cool graphic designers out there! I have decided: I like his work. Beautiful / Decorative / Infused with important symbols etc. Good stuff. The cubist museum of Black Madonna House was sadly a disappointment. I guess two relevant moments were firstly when i realized that we were standing in a cubist building. Which was actually kinda cool… And second when I remembered why this movement was relevant… Can you imagine being used to seeing images which were highly representational… and all of a sudden the artists start going crazy and abstracting what we knew into something virtually unrecognizable… It really was paradigm changing! (It had to have been, cause all the relevant artists of the time touched on it at some stage.) I know I like to talk shit about art work – and therefore Im absolutely sure of what my comments would have been 90 years ago: “Uhhh Why the BEEP would the guy have used circles and weird polygons to describe shapes that are easier described with flowing curves instead??? Haven’t they seen ANY 3D modelling software? Oh wait… not for another 80 years… Oops.”
More walking and eventually a BUNCH of shopping. Daniel bought a suit with lara’s patient help. Of course Lara was doing waaaaaay more shopping than Daniel (and he had attained a state of infinite patience) Hmmm…. speaking in the third person confuses the daniel… If he doesn’t stop it soon, he’ll end up losing whatever shaky connection he has with my.. er… his identity. er.. Ok. Im back. Anyway, I bought a slick suit. Specifically with Katie Jay’s marriage in mind (mid november). Now all I need is a corresponding facial hair arrangement – and things will be looking up!
And onto the Opera:
Everyone who goes to Prague should see an Opera at the State Opera house. (And get dressed up in their new suit!) It is an awesome experience. GORGEOUS lavish romantic golden opulence in-doors… Comfortable seats… An orchestra with a conductor of course – and classical performances by truly talented singers. We saw La Traviata (By Giuseppe Verdi) I thiiiink its a little over 100 years old… and I know my Granny Gertie used to perform it in the Pretoria Opera house… I could make out about 20% of the italian, and once fancy get up. Fun Nights.