Everyone'ss A Critic

You might think that, being blind, I have no interest in paintings or other forms of visual art. You would be wrong about that. I'm fascinated by art and what other people bring to the pictures. Last year people at the "Stations of the Windows" Friday Lenten worship services atSt. Luke's Jamestowndescribed the stained glass windows. They were so enthusiastic it grew dark before we could finish the window descriptions and the service.

Today'sNew York Times described a project at Marymount Manhattan College called Art Mobs. Even if you're not at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, you can download the podcasts and look at the paintings online. I downloaded the podcast on Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a Discussion by Cheryl Stoever & Professor Jason Rosenfeld.

It's rough. It's raw. It's fascinating. It's listening in on a college professor going one on one with his student, asking her questions, giving additional information about the painting, giving a perspective on what the picture is about. It's just the sort of thing I want people to tell me about art.

Note: Now, twenty years later, the audio files have been remixed. The Times article is behind a pay wall and I had to update the church web site address!