The great joy of living in a big city is what writer Julia Cameron calls the 'art date': a day of wandering and gathering inspiration. After a glorious month of running around New York, I felt like I hadn't gone on a 'date' with my own adopted city in a while.
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| The Shard and Southwark Cathedral |
I turned 39 this year. It was a glorious warm day; a good time to revisit my favourite part of the city, the iconic South Bank of the Thames.
Picasso was on at the Tate Modern: what a great exhibition for an art date! The prolific artist spent a single year of his life reinventing himself in a whole new style from the pure Cubism and jagged modernism that had gone before.
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| Photo courtesy of Tate Modern |
It's becoming a birthday tradition to have my 'art friend' Jamie along on these visits, and this year we were able to start a new tradition: bringing her new son along to absorb culture and conversation!
Opinions differ on what a less-than-year-old absorbs, but we loved our new custom and hope it continues for many more years.
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| Photo courtesy of Jamie Kurihara |
We did a double bill this year: the Picasso and the history of photography retrospective The Shape of Light, an amazing show with works by Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, Edward Ruscha and Lou Bonian.
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| Photo courtesy of Tate Modern |
We spent the rest of the day by the river: walking, eating, talking, and looking - some of my favourite things to do!
To share a beautiful city with a like-minded friend, to witness and be included in the ever-changing growth of a new person...it's something I am eternally grateful for.
Moving into the 40th year of my own life, I'm excited to experience and share more beauty, more perfect days. Happy birthday to me!
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