So Millie does not want to leave my side lately and when I am not on the same floor as her, she calls out looking for me. If the windows were open, all the neighbours would hear is "Millie!!! I'm up/down here!!!" Poor baby. AN I have to babysit the parents' cats this weekend... oof... more work...

So my response to the last journal question: I don't get inspired by any artists. I get inspired by things in my life. But the artists I most admire would include - but not be limited to - Annette Messager, Hieronymous Bosch, Kiki Smith, Brassaii, Andres Kertesz, Albrecht Durer, Louise Bourgeois, and an awful lot of Medieval, Early Renaissance, and many other artists... much of which also happens to depend on my mood... I have stood in the freezing cold to try to get into some in demand shows, traveled far and wide, and even called out sick from work to see some exhibits.

I find that lots of people assume that a person who likes art, likes all art. Hardly the case. Richard Serra, David Smith, Picasso, Mark Rothko... can't stand them. But they are all people who have had BIG shows or press in recent years and I just have to fake it when I have to hear someone blather on about how great these artists are. And I don't mean students... I mean adults, professionals... I know to not say "oh, I don't like that person's work" because they take offense. Kind of like when I say I do not like a musician/band someone likes - you would think I just insulted their mother! Better keep that opinion to myself - unless of course a student tricks you into playing that Rihanna junk - hello Swan! Well, that's just horrible and I am scarred fro life!!!!