Yesterday my wife and I drove, with two friends, to San Jose to see Avner the Eccentric performing his one-man show, Exceptions to Gravity. It was 75 minutes of pure delight – no text, no subtext, no superhuman feats, no social commentary, just sweet physical comedy that kept us laughing and grinning throughout. I’ve been writing a lot of rather fraught songs lately, addressing urgent matters, and it was nice to enjoy an afternoon of entertainment that no one at any point on the political spectrum could take issue with.
Then we drove to Palo Alto to see the new photo exhibition by Christine Florkowski. Chris is a friend from The Well. There is something more than photography going on here: the images are intimate close-ups of flowers, blown up really big and printed in a way that looks as much like a hyper-real painting as a photograph. Breathtaking.
Took a few photos as we walked along University Avenue in search of dinner. This one, titled Hommage ‡ ojoblanco, is named in honor of Lester Weiss, whose work I really admire. He does a lot of multilayered images.