Paris in New York and Paris [The Paris Traveler]

I am a lover of art in all its forms. When I step inside the Louvre, I stand in the central court and struggle with which wing to enter first. I know, no one out there is boo-hooing over my dilemma. Living in Paris allows one the luxury of taking in ancient Egypt one day and Asian art the next. One rainy afternoon, I focused my visit on sculpture. Nothing else. I didn’t allow for other works to distract me and walked away with such an appreciation for how “soft” and sensual…… or full of motion…… marble can become in the right hands. I could spend an entire afternoon, and have, marveling over the works of Ingres. A few years ago a wonderful exhibit was devoted to him and again, was overwhelmed by what a human is capable of. He crept into my awareness during my trip to the Metropolitan Museum in New York last week. This work,... [read full story]