In Detroit. Also, rambling observations of art and Van Gogh
I am coming at you live from Slows BBQ at 2138 Michigan Avenue in Detroit--Corktown to be precise. I just finished eating a pulled pork sandwich called "The Reason" and a Moscow mule. More later. Okay, I'm back several hours later. As I mentioned in a previous post, we drove down to Detroit today to see the "Van Gogh in America" exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). I have now been to so many Van Gogh exhibitions over the years that I might be accused of being a total Van Gogh "stan." We saw the "Van Gogh: Face to Face" exhibition at the DIA in spring of 2000 (I had to look up the name of the exhibition and through the miracle of Google, I actually found it.). Then, earlier this year, we saw the Van Gogh interactive Expo in Grand Rapids. So, though I wouldn't describe myself as a Vincent Van Gogh superfan, maybe I am. The man was an undeniably brilliant visual artist and had a unique, passionate, busy, tragic, and all-too-sho...