Today I hit the Jeu de Paume and the Musee D’Orsay.
I am not museum’ed out.
Yet.
But I will be pacing myself.
The crowds were pretty thick at the Musee D’Orsay, and thank God for the Paris Museum Pass, so nice to just pop to the front of the line and not have to be herded through the main gate.
They had a beautiful exhibition with “Etoiles” as the thematic, “stars” lots of Van Gough, Monet, even Georgia O’Keefe, there were artists I had never seen and pieces that resonated so deeply with me, my breath caught in my throat and tears welled in my eyes.
Or every hair stood on end.
One of the Van Gough’s so blew me away, deep and visceral in my body, I caught my breath.
It was deeply surrounded by viewers and I got as close as I could withstand the crowds and breathed in the beauty of it.
I tried to look for postcards later in the museum shops that were of the same piece and I was disappointed, the flatness of the card did the painting no justice and I could not bring myself to buy one.
I did, however, get my museum shop on.
I do love a good museum shop.
I bought a book for one of my charges and postcards and a cloth sack for myself and a magnet of a Klimt piece that I saw in the Etoile ensemble that did translate from the painting to the magnet.
I took lots of photographs and I stopped and sat and periodically rested.
I went all the way to the top of the museum and caught the perspective from the interior, and from the exterior.
I got some pretty pictures.
I am quite happy.
I am a bit of a shutterbug.
I am not sure if I am going to post them up to my other blog or not, I’m thinking, as I continue further with my schooling and career goals that I do have to change-up some things with my blog.
I still haven’t quite figured it out and while I’m in Paris I’m not going to worry about it.
I really just want to enjoy my leisure time here, I am slowed down quite a bit, even with my ankle feeling better.
Tomorrow I will return to the Marais, I have a tattoo appointment at 3:30 p.m. and I will hit the Pompidou either before or after the tattoo.
I also may pop around the shops and do a little more window shopping.
It’s awful fun to do.
I am doing well with my finances and there’s a few things I still haven’t gotten to get, but then again, I have really done so well with what I wanted to get that I am alright if I don’t score a bunch of souvenirs.
I have to be careful, I only have so much room in my luggage.
I bought a poster today that I’m not real sure how the hell I’m going to get back.
But.
I had to get it.
When I was at the Jeu de Paume they were having a sale in the library and one of the prints that was on sale was from the Marilyn Monroe, Phillip Hausmann exhibition that I went to Christmas of 2015.
I had to buy it.
When I had seen the original print it was 25 Euro.
Today it was 2 Euro.
Um.
Yeah.
I’ll risk transporting that.
Especially since the bag that I had gotten with the same image was destroyed soon after I got back from the trip with pink hair dye.
Oops.
I have a magnet of the same image, Monroe barefoot in a black cocktail dress leaping up in front of a cerulean blue backdrop.
Her face and the bare feet really got me.
The blue background is brilliantly done as well too, it highlights the blonde blond of her hair and the cream of her skin and the bare feet, something so tender and vulnerable and real.
I love the photograph.
I’ll see if I can scare up a cardboard poster shipping container.
I’m sure I can pick one up at the post office.
But what with the numerous notebooks, the gifts for the children I work for and the new dress I don’t have much space left for stuff in my carry on.
I put back a Diane Arbus book that I was sorely tempted to get and resolved that I would get something else.
I have always loved getting earrings, so I’ll grab a pair and I do want to get a hat.
Hats from Paris are the bees knees.
Just saying.
I also will be bringing home a tan.
I have been out in the sunshine all day and it was glorious.
A bit hot, but so good.
Tomorrow it is supposed to be 83 degrees, today was the same.
Then rain is forecast for the rest of the time that I am here and the temperature is going to drastically drop.
So.
Tomorrow.
Sundress time.
Lots of pictures while the light is good and a new tattoo, a visit to one of my favorite museums and of course.
Cafe creme.
I mean.
When in Paris.
Do what the Parisians do.
Right?
Auntiebubba 