These illustrations are part of a project by James Gulliver Hancock to capture all the buildings in New York. He’s made a decent start, as you can see if you check out his blog. I’ve been feeling quite nostalgic about New York as I make preparations to leave it on a new adventure, so I was delighted by them.
No time to be too nostalgic though, as I have a hectic few weeks coming up. And now, for your listening pleasure, “My Little Corner of the World” by Yo La Tengo.
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| Hendrick Avercamp, Winter Scene on a Canal |
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| Pieter Breughel, Winter Landscape with Skaters |
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| Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, Skaters in a Dutch Winter Landscape |
These lovely ideals make me long for a world where winter is playful, joyful, and beautiful. Not to mention full of some of the most gorgeous trees. Then, however, for comparison’s sake, I google “new york city winter.”
It looks like some ideals persist.
And I’m so surprised I’m a day late noticing. Ooops!
So this means its that lovely time of year to make a Fall list so that you can hope to cram in all the great,and less of the not so great, art. I’ve got a lot to catch up on. Anything I should definitely pencil in for the New York area?