is good for the soul and brain. Left the Big Apple sick as a dog. Flew to Salt Lake on a fully loaded flight after getting up at 4 in the morning to get to Kennedy at 5 and get through security etc. for a 7:00 o'clock flight. Waited in the airport at S.L. bought a $12.50 spot of lunch--this for fruit yogurt and bottle of water! Captive buyers all of us. Worked on my Joan Snyder review. I really worthwhile show and not as uneven as in previous years. She has reached a new stage in her career and at 70 is mistress of her medium. Also, she has mellowed and the feminist rage and whine both have disapated and the result is a new sophistication and ease of application. No more cutting into the surface with a raw anger that in the past put viewers off. The colors are deeper, richer and more celebratory. So worth seeing and enjoying even when serious and sad. The fact that the New York centric school of Abstract Expressionism which inspired Snyder's work is long gone despite enjoying a momentary burp due to the MOMA's current show doesn't matter if one likes this sort of art.
Finally got on yet another jam-packed flight to San Jose where I was picked up by my oldest friend and we drove to Santa Cruz where I am posting from.
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