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1. I've decided to take next Friday off work and go into the City to view
The JRR Tolkien and Middle Earth Exhibit at the JP Morgan Library -- It's free Friday nights. But I think I'll go during the day and pay the $22, which goes to support the museum.

I rather like the Morgan Museum. It's smaller, and not quite as overwhelming. Also this looks like a really interesting exhibit --

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” With these words the Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien ignited a fervid spark in generations of readers. From the children’s classic The Hobbit to the epic The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien’s adventurous tales of hobbits and elves, dwarves and wizards have introduced millions to the rich history of Middle-earth. Going beyond literature, Tolkien’s Middle-earth is a world complete with its own languages and histories. Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth celebrates the man and his creation. The exhibition will be the most extensive public display of original Tolkien material for several generations. Drawn from the collections of the Tolkien Archive at the Bodleian Library (Oxford), Marquette University Libraries (Milwaukee), the Morgan, and private lenders, the exhibition will include family photographs and memorabilia, Tolkien’s original illustrations, maps, draft manuscripts, and designs related to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

An exhibition organized by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford in collaboration with the Morgan Library & Museum, New York with the support of The Tolkien Trust.

I'm admittedly a bit of fan of Tolkien. I fell in love with The Hobbit as a child. It's the first epic fantasy that I read...and I even got to perform in a theaterical adaptation one summer -- I played the Great Goblin.

Haven't read all the books though. Got bogged down in Return of the King (too many battles -- battles bore me), and never made it to his lifetime achievement The Silmarrion. Perhaps someday?

And haven't done anything fun in the City in a while -- just lots of Doctor's appointments. Could go see the MC Escher exhibit that is in South Brooklyn at Industry Park -- but it's hard for me to get to, and it's not a lot of fun to go alone to, also...I can't say I've ever cared one way or the other for MC Escher -- the graphic artist. It goes until the end of March though -- so I might still go.
There's also an exhibit of Frida Kahloa's works and personal effects at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (where I'm a member) that I might check out. And...the Andy Warhol exhibit at the Whitney, although I am NOT a fan of Warhol. (I know too much about him, my sister-inlaw's parents went to school with and hang out with Warhol.)

2. I find the news scary. All of it. There is very little that isn't scary. I can't help but wonder about the journalists these days...when did they all decide to become horror writers?

It's either scary or overwhelming...and it's hard to know what is true and what is a lie half the time.

3. My headspace keeps notifying me to get off my phone and not look at notifications or messages for a while and see what happens. I find this amusing for a couple of reasons.
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Co-worker and I had a lengthy discussion about phones. ( Read more... )

4. I've been struggling with my writing again. But I read about Tolkien and that gave me some inspiration. Tolkien didn't care if he published or not, or if anyone read him -- he just loved writing and building his own little world.

There's something to be said for that. Just love doing it...and see what happens.