Paris and the Black Forest
Wow. Paris was pretty much the most rocking experience EVER…
I’m sure by now you have already read Sarah Miller’s account of our incredible experiences meeting people, being provided for. Amanda’s dad and the Paris group hooked us up: a meal or two, all their change that wouldn’t convert back over to American money, and all the groceries they were going to throw away- including a tube of American toothpaste and peanut butter! Sweet! I was reading the other day about how Paul’s friends took care of him, and God’s provided the same thing for us… so thank God for his constant encouragement and also to you Paris folks…
As for my impressions of Paris, the city itself is even lovely. Man, everyone trashes the French, but I have nothing but good things to say about every French person that I came in contact with, okay except one, but that’s a story for another time. By the way, when they show people carrying around baguettes in the movies or on TV, that’s so true- people really do that.
Oh, art people, this paragraph is for you. Oh. Oh dang. All I have to say about the Pompidou (the modern art museum in Paris) is DAAAANG. First of all, the exhibit on Dada was FASCINATING, the permanent collection was even more unreal, a type of experiment in gallery design by the curator at the Pompidou. After the art world shifted from modernity to post-modernity (whether you agree with the distinction of those time periods or not, stay with me here) the directors, and I believe the art world in general had trouble handling with art in Post-modern society. It’s true, it absolutely doesn’t make sense to arrange modern art chronologically. So they tried a experiment, to arrange the permanent collection in a way which conveys a more cohesive display by showing the pieces thematically… in categories like: construction, destruction, archaism, sex, war, subversion and melancholy, and re-enchantment, just to name a few. You know what though? This entry is getting long, I haven’t even begun the Louvre and I’m already getting carried away with excitement. So if you want to talk art when we get back, I’m game. We’ll do coffee or something.
So I’m now in Germany again, in a wee town called Kandern in the Black Forest. Oh my gosh guys, this is the German Due West and I’m loving it. We’re here to visit my cousins, Alyssa and Trevor who attend the Black Forest Academy… their parents are missionaries in Russia so they come to Germany for school. I’m so excited to see them… and Sarah is excited that we can watch the winter Olympics in German. Rocking awesome, this is the first real TV we’ve watched in a month or so.
It’s crazy to know that in the past week I’ve been in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, and now Germany again. We are about to go to a lovely lady’s house for tacos (!!!) and then back to crash since we got very very little sleep on the night train last night…
Much Love,
Sarah Hope
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AWESOME LITTLE (but in reality much bigger than I) BROTHER WAYNE! I love you and I’m sorry I couldn’t be there to celebrate with you… I hope today is awesome and I pray for you all the time!
I’m sure by now you have already read Sarah Miller’s account of our incredible experiences meeting people, being provided for. Amanda’s dad and the Paris group hooked us up: a meal or two, all their change that wouldn’t convert back over to American money, and all the groceries they were going to throw away- including a tube of American toothpaste and peanut butter! Sweet! I was reading the other day about how Paul’s friends took care of him, and God’s provided the same thing for us… so thank God for his constant encouragement and also to you Paris folks…
As for my impressions of Paris, the city itself is even lovely. Man, everyone trashes the French, but I have nothing but good things to say about every French person that I came in contact with, okay except one, but that’s a story for another time. By the way, when they show people carrying around baguettes in the movies or on TV, that’s so true- people really do that.
Oh, art people, this paragraph is for you. Oh. Oh dang. All I have to say about the Pompidou (the modern art museum in Paris) is DAAAANG. First of all, the exhibit on Dada was FASCINATING, the permanent collection was even more unreal, a type of experiment in gallery design by the curator at the Pompidou. After the art world shifted from modernity to post-modernity (whether you agree with the distinction of those time periods or not, stay with me here) the directors, and I believe the art world in general had trouble handling with art in Post-modern society. It’s true, it absolutely doesn’t make sense to arrange modern art chronologically. So they tried a experiment, to arrange the permanent collection in a way which conveys a more cohesive display by showing the pieces thematically… in categories like: construction, destruction, archaism, sex, war, subversion and melancholy, and re-enchantment, just to name a few. You know what though? This entry is getting long, I haven’t even begun the Louvre and I’m already getting carried away with excitement. So if you want to talk art when we get back, I’m game. We’ll do coffee or something.
So I’m now in Germany again, in a wee town called Kandern in the Black Forest. Oh my gosh guys, this is the German Due West and I’m loving it. We’re here to visit my cousins, Alyssa and Trevor who attend the Black Forest Academy… their parents are missionaries in Russia so they come to Germany for school. I’m so excited to see them… and Sarah is excited that we can watch the winter Olympics in German. Rocking awesome, this is the first real TV we’ve watched in a month or so.
It’s crazy to know that in the past week I’ve been in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, and now Germany again. We are about to go to a lovely lady’s house for tacos (!!!) and then back to crash since we got very very little sleep on the night train last night…
Much Love,
Sarah Hope
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AWESOME LITTLE (but in reality much bigger than I) BROTHER WAYNE! I love you and I’m sorry I couldn’t be there to celebrate with you… I hope today is awesome and I pray for you all the time!
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