Slowly life is starting to evolve into a new pattern. We typically tour one day, have classes the next, and then head out again. Almost every day is art history from 7 to 8 PM, just before dinner. The professor loves Renaissance art and is transforming us into masters of discernment of eras and spectacular artists. I now know Pisian romanesque vs Florentine, Gothic vs early Renaissance – and slowly the brain cells are digging back into the recesses of past learned knowledge. Every once in a while a word or concept is thrown to my concious mind. Monday I went to a 2 hour drawing class, a 1 hour drama class, a 2 hour photography class and then the art history. After dinner from 9 to 9:30 there is a group of about 10 of us who take turns reading Dante’s A New Life outloud. Continue reading “My new normal”
Lisa Oberreuter 