Picasso's Flying Boat

I went to the Movies and a Museum.

This weekend went alright. Much better mood than last weekend. Thanks all.

Saturday night, took myself to see The Aviator. Even though, Leonardo DiCapprio seemed young to play the infamous (more than famous) Howard Hughes, I enjoyed the movie. Katherine Hepburn was spot on. I had trouble watching some of the stuttering scenes. Not only the way they were filmed, but I've had occasions where I've been through minor type stuttering episodes.....just expanding that....ughh....



Oh, and I'm an engineer, what engineer doesn't like films about designing really cool stuff.....

Sunday, went to the Honolulu Academy of Arts. That's the contemperary arts museum here. Really cool mixture of Western, Eastern, and Pacifica art. Usually a museum seems to only cover Western art so this was cool. I learned that Eastern furniture when introduced to the west wasn't itself necessarily so much in vogue, but the lacquer used was. An entire fake lacquer process called "Japanning" wood become very popular in the west. My favorite exhibit was the temporary exhibit, Art in Rice. An exhibit of rice's influence in the Asian cultures.

Not much else to say, that's my book report for this weekend......