Kellin at Galgano
I will be off line (off blog?) for a week. We are in Italy celebrating our daughter Kellin’s completion of her Master’s Degree in Art History. On Friday she’ll put down her umbrella and will shoehorn all that wild passion into presenting her paper at a Symposium, The Speaking Hand: Gesture in Italian Art. Her paper is titled, “The Gesture of Finger Counting: Depicting Disputation in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.” Having read several drafts, I can assure you (without bias of course) that it is a work of sheer brilliance!
So we’re delivering our parental high fives in person, a serious perk for having procreated such a remarkable person. And we’ll be joined for a few days by Lesli, as close to a godmother to Kellin as you can get and still be Jewish. We are planning a few side trips as well, particularly to beautiful Volterra to see the Rosso Deposition.
Rosso’s Deposition, Volterra
And while we are there feasting on all things Tuscan, David and I will celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary. I feel like I am barely 22, so there must be some miscalculation somewhere. Ah, time. It feels like it can bend and go rogue, something the watchmaker didn’t take into consideration.
I’ll be back and posting on December 18th.
View of Volterra
Congratulations to kellin on her accomplishment and to you and David for having produced this wonderfully accomplished daughter. Her thesis sounds fascinating – I have been obsessed with the language of hands in Italian paintings – there is so much emphasis in the way hands are deployed in Italian paintings that I always suspected some code to be worked out but unavailable to one as untutored as I. She must have had the time of her life researching references and making connections. WoW! Have fun in Italy! G
Congratulations to your daughter and enjoy Italy!
Coupla things if you’re checking. If not, next trip.
In Volterra, say hi to the Torre del Porcellino for me.
Maniera fans must see the Salviati frescoes at the Palazzo Sacchetti in Rome. I know, I’m a broken record about this.
The symposium title reminds me of a phrase about artists from Goethe , “The feeling eye, the seeing hand…” If I know it, the academics who got on the symposium know it. More power to Kellin — will be pulling for her.
White truffles are in season. Have some grated onto a salad with lemon juice an X-VOO, period.
Wow. She is a remarkable person. What a great degree to get and place to get it. Congrats to all of you.
What a wonderful reason to visit Italy.
Best wishes to all.
Delicious Bravo and felicitations to Keillen!
who could have imagined 35 years ago paths taken …
to a remarkable artist and mother,
with love.
Deb, give Kellin my best…her picture is simply magical. What a wonderous creation you have brought to this world!
I know you and Dave will have the time of your life!
Wow, you are so not blogging. Given the competition for your attention, this must be good. But I miss you.