The Impressionists

Feeling a bit blue today. Don’t wanna think, don’t wanna talk, don’t wanna do anything. Just wanna disappear in my own la la land. So I lied in bed, trying to sleep it off. After tossing and turning for half an hour, I got refused entry to la la land...haha

So I messed around with my inner demons for a while, negotiating...Finally I won!! I got out of bed and decided to do something more positive instead. I pulled down all posters and drawings off my bedroom walls and rearranged them all over again. (Yay! this will keep me occupied.)

I went to France last year and fell in love with the Impressionists. I spent 4 hours alone in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, totally immersed myself into the paintings. I bought a couple (actually, quite a few…) of paintings at the museum and stuck them all over my bedroom walls.

I would easily say that my trip to Musee d’Orsay was the best spot I visited in Paris. I didn’t have a clue that I would love the Impressionists paintings so much before…I took about 50 pictures of the paintings (yes, cameras allowed inside but NO FLASH). I “clicked” immediately with the paintings, those by Monet and Renoir especially. I love Monet’s Impression, soleil levant,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impression,_Sunrise and Le Bassin aux nympheas; harmonie verte. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Monet.waterlilies.500pix.jpg

Renoir’s Bal du Moulin de la Galaette. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Galette-Renoir.jpg Can’t tell what I like particularly about this painting, but it just caught me, completely. And his other paintings like Chemin montant dans les hautes herbes used similar brushstrokes as Monet. I guess since they were good mates and often hung out and painted together, they obviously discussed painting techniques and stuff.

I am not very much of a Van Gogh (a post-impressionist) fan however. His paintings don’t appeal to me somehow, except I quite like his iconic Starry Night Over the Rhone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhone

After rearranging the drawings, I read the book I bought in Musee d’Orsay. http://www.longitudebooks.com/find/p/2241/mcms.html .

So…this is how I spent my not-so-100% saturday today. I feel better now…as I did something productive instead of sleeping the day off.

I wish I have an artistic talent though, able to express my feelings thru drawing or painting.