Wondered around Manhattan wandering on my way to see Sharon at Washington Irving’s Library to grab what was left of the box of decommissioned Little Prince books (they were heading out to the dumpster before we came up with the idea of using them in art – both the students and me!). It was fun to tour the art studios on the seventh floor where there is a wonderful winter light pouring in. these kids don’t know how good they have it it. I haven’t painted to good natural light since SoHo and even ITIN space was spotty lightwise (not high enough). So in Chinatown I saw this string of red lanterns hanging off an International Style modern bank building and it looks to me now like the binding of a book that attaches the Old World to the new – The East to the West, etc.
