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Colin - what have I been up to lately? A lot this week.


I went with my Women in the Arts in Italy class to the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, which holds a lot of old works of art created for the cathedral. Some of the pieces have been moved there because they were taking too much wear. A lot of sculptures you see outside in Florence are copies of the originals, including Michelangelo's David. Other pieces are from earlier iterations of the cathedral, which has undergone at least a few transformations. The museum itself is awesome. It's set up in a very contemporary design, and much of the displays integrate the original works with replicas of the architecture, to reimagine what it looked like in the Duomo. It's a little hard to explain, and I forgot my camera again (I know, I know). I may go back there sometime, but for now, satisfy yourself with some terrible pictures someone took on tripadvisor.com


For Contemporary Art we skipped class on Friday to see a show by Alva Noto instead. He's an electronic artist who makes glitchy, information transmission-like sounds, set to a matching video sequence. Imagine watching the visualizer on your music player, but many times more intense. These pictures don't do it justice, but here's a hint of what it was like:

Yesterday I went to some super-hip show of old clothing and knick-knacks, called Vintage Selection. Lots of neat stuff that I could not afford but wanted dearly, like this orange jacket:















 Today I went to a soccer match with some friends. Florence won YAAYYAY. A good time had by all.

Weston, one of my roommates

Florence came through with the fan section

Diego, also one of my roommates

David (center), my other other roommate. I chose only the most flattering

hey it's me! I don't have many of me, other people do, go ask them.

waiting for the bus

So, other than all that, I've been doing a lot of painting, drawing (I'll share some pictures after critique tomorrow), buying food, making food, and working on my bad Italian with shop owners and venders. And Adventure Time, I'm watching lots of that, thank you Cayla. I've got a lot of pictures, so go over to facebook, where I'll be adding albums from my time here. I'll see you all later. In the meantime, look at this photograph.