34\u00a0 57%\u00a0 37%\u00a0 5mph\u00a0 windrose WNW\u00a0 bar steep rise\u00a0 dewpoint20\u00a0 Waxing Crescent of the Snow Moon\u00a0\u00a0 Holiseason<\/p>\n
Spent an hour in the Modern design galleries discussing the Frankfurt kitchen, Tatra, arts and crafts, bauhaus and art moderne with\u00a0people from\u00a0Supervalu.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The event started at 5:30 PM and I showed up at 4:45PM.\u00a0 Went up in the gallery, 3rd floor, new wing to check out my objects.\u00a0 The museum announced closing and a guard checked to see why I was still there.\u00a0 Supervalu.\u00a0 Oh, OK.<\/p>\n
That gave me a half an hour after the museum closed to the public and before the Supervalu folks began to trickle into the galleries.\u00a0 It was strange, like being in a store after closing.\u00a0 The feeling is intimate, as if for a suspended moment the museum, or at least these galleries, had only me to appreciate them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
To carry the store analogy a bit further, as I walked the two galleries of my assignment, I had to engage people ad hoc, as they looked at an object.\u00a0 At first it felt intrusive, then a long ago memory floated into consciousness, working the floors at the WT Grant company when I was in managment training.\u00a0 It was the walking back and forth, seeking moments to engage people that resonated, partly aimless, partly repetitive, partly hopeful.\u00a0 The only difference was that at WT Grant I had pets and toys while here I had a hundred years of skilled design.<\/p>\n
The time went fast, only an hour, then I was away, back into a blustery November night with a cloudy sky,\u00a0headed home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
34\u00a0 57%\u00a0 37%\u00a0 5mph\u00a0 windrose WNW\u00a0 bar steep rise\u00a0 dewpoint20\u00a0 Waxing Crescent of the Snow Moon\u00a0\u00a0 Holiseason Spent an hour in the Modern design galleries discussing the Frankfurt kitchen, Tatra, arts and crafts, bauhaus and art moderne with\u00a0people from\u00a0Supervalu.\u00a0 The event started at 5:30 PM and I showed up at 4:45PM.\u00a0 Went up in the … Continue reading Groceries and Bauhaus<\/span>