I remember that Seurat painting from elementary school when this lady with a cart of prints would stop by once a year to show us art.  She called him "Dot-dot Seurat".  Her crazy rhyme-scheme worked, because I obviously never forgot it.  I'm a big fan of Hopper's stuff, but you can have Renoir ;)

Glad you're enjoying Chicago, dude.  Soak up some wind for me.

Renoir is a master! Take back your foul words!

Thanks for the comment on my Art Xanga.  I'm definately due for another post soon...

Have you ever seen any of Chuck Close's work? 

HI, Dave.

Thanks for saying hi. I am doing all right -- thanks for asking. It's been a hard week, but things are looking up. You posted my favorite Picasso. Lovely.

Have you ever played the game Masterpiece? It's a board game about buying and selling great works of art, and my family used to play it a lot when I was little. It has a bunch of little art cards that players buy, and all of these paintings except the Renoir and the Picasso are on it. It's where I gained my first art exposure when I was a little kid.

Did you have a good time in Chicago? It's one of my favorite cities.

Don't worry about the poet's society. I just figured you had decided it's not your thing -- and that's totally fine. No worries.

Have a great day.
Ann

dave:
i'm doing well enough... just busily trying to get everything thrown together before our trip (we leave monday morning). it has been emotionally taxing lately, just dealing with people. i'm just tired of them -- not being upfront with you, biting their tongue only until you turn your back, refusing to meet you halfway. i think it's time to move to the woods again and just sort of, you know, isolate myself. i'm frustrated, dave!

unfortunately, i probably won't be signed onto AIM again until... well, nearly September. it's sad, isn't it? i do have your digits and could give you a ring, but who knows what a good time will be, eh? i hope things are well with you. we need to catch up sometime.
jham

yay for virtual tour and thanks for the jones soda idea. i may have to do that.

wow.... jail time?

we are now in Latvia.  things are a lot more slow-paced here, and i think i will enjoy the break from the big, western European city... ahh, trees! good water! languages being spoken i cannot hope to understand!

ciao, friend. -j

thanks for taking the time to do this for us. i really enjoyed it. i wish matt appreciated art like i do. even though cd was tough i loved looking at all the of art work. it was just fascinating! hope to see you soon.

a copy of one of my flims is up on my website. i shot it in HD so i had to compress it majorly. the quality is not what i wanted, but what can you do. (just try to imagine the sexy focus changes)