Session #21 (April 15 in NYC)

I really need to write my updates on the day of my appointments. It’s just true they are all starting to blur together, one is very much similar to the next.

Not too much new on this session: YoBus cancelled most of their service (except for weekends), so I’m back to taking the regular Chinatown bus. It’s pretty much the same, except for the absence of Wi-Fi service—making timely updates even more difficult to accomplish.

After my appointment, I raced over to the New Museum in Brooklyn to see the 2015 Triennial exhibit—acttually, it wasn’t the exhibit I really wanted to see; it was specifically the Juliana Huxtable sculpture. The museum was close to my appointment, so I decided to head over there before my other meeting in the city.

I didn’t realize it was such a large exhibit, in such a large space. I only had about 15 minutes to spare—30, if I was ok with being late to my appointment—which was a shame, as the museum was large enough to spend the afternoon in, browsing the rough the exhibits. Regardless, I paid for a ticket, and searched out the piece I wanted to see.

I won’t go into detail describing Juliana or her work, as you can read much better analysis elsewhere What resonated with me was, through her work on presentation and identity, she was able to create herself, to build herself. This is (to a lesser extent, admittedly), what I’m doing—building the person I want to be.

In other news, I asked Shinji if he would tattoo my upper left arm, if I got the VU tattoo lazer-lightened. He said yes, without any real hesitation. When I asked him about this years ago, he was much less encouraging. Progress?