Lughnasa Waxing Back to School Moon
The docent luncheon today. It is always an event where mediocre food meets a droner of a program. I’s only salvation lies in the persons seated near you. This is like the platoon in the army. You wouldn’t go into the trenches for the colonel (Debbie or Sheila), but for your buddies, the folks seated near you, you will endure the whole as if it were something you really wanted to do. The food this time was Asian, a plus in my opinion, but in name only. We also had the awarding of various things for various levels of service. One woman, Sally Lehman had been a docent for 45 years. That’s a long time. Even my class got pins for our 5 years of service beginning in 2005. It’s gold and I have it on the bookshelf beside me. Beside the five-year pin from the Collection in Focus program. It’s silver. Shows ya.
After the luncheon I wandered through the museum and found Embarrassment of Riches under installation. This is a new photo collection documenting the global expansion and concentration of wealth that has characterized the last 30 years. It looks like it will be a stunner. The lecture and walk through are next week.
The continuing ed featured the Decorative Arts curator who I found funny and detailed in his knowledge. He showed a wonderful silver cup that the museum purchased by a Strasbourg silversmith named Baer. It is his masterpiece, that is, the piece he used to gain admission to the guild of silversmiths in the Silver City. It is a tour de force of detail and skill, called the most important work in silver of the 20th century to come out of Strasbourg. Worth a look.
Home for a nap.
The out to UTS for an evening in the field education class. I have responsibility for an intern this year for Groveland UU. A disappointing evening. The talk the talk the talk, a long line of talk. No wonder lay people get weary of the clergy. The stuff is fuzzy, emotive and allusive–religious. I’ve changed since I was in the Seminary in the early 70s. A lot.
I now find most of the process tedious, though I look forward to working with Leslie.
