It's been a magical week in New York City! Seen here at the Lotos Club, New York's treasured club for writers and artists. Special thanks to Sheryl Sims Foster and Dean Foster for this unique opportunity. Everyone needs to check out Dean Foster's podcast, "Oops, Your Culture's Showing!" for his exceptional insights into the role of culture on human interactions.
Being in this historic space inspired me to reread Lord Alfred Tennyson's brilliant poem, "The Lotos-eaters," based on the Homer's Odyssey, that part where some of Odysseus' crew are fed the addictive lotos fruit, a mythical delicacy that saps all of their drive and ambition, causing them to (temporarily) abandon their voyage.
I was also honored to attend both the private and the public opening of the Dusti Bongé exhibit at Hollis Taggart's splendid art gallery in Chelsea. Dusti Bongé was an immensely talented Abstract Expressionist painter from the South, represented by Betty Parsons during the zenith of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Hollis Taggart worked together with the Dusti Bongé Art Foundation, and Dusti's grandson, photographer Paul Bongé , to make sure her works are once again available for viewing and acquisition in New York City.
#hiddennewyork #thelotosclub #literaryclubs #lordalfredtennyson #thelotos-eaters #victorianpoetry #abexpainters #bettyparsons #dustibonge #womeninthearts #hollistaggart #abstractexpressionism
Photo Credit: Chris Thygesen
Being in this historic space inspired me to reread Lord Alfred Tennyson's brilliant poem, "The Lotos-eaters," based on the Homer's Odyssey, that part where some of Odysseus' crew are fed the addictive lotos fruit, a mythical delicacy that saps all of their drive and ambition, causing them to (temporarily) abandon their voyage.
I was also honored to attend both the private and the public opening of the Dusti Bongé exhibit at Hollis Taggart's splendid art gallery in Chelsea. Dusti Bongé was an immensely talented Abstract Expressionist painter from the South, represented by Betty Parsons during the zenith of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Hollis Taggart worked together with the Dusti Bongé Art Foundation, and Dusti's grandson, photographer Paul Bongé , to make sure her works are once again available for viewing and acquisition in New York City.
#hiddennewyork #thelotosclub #literaryclubs #lordalfredtennyson #thelotos-eaters #victorianpoetry #abexpainters #bettyparsons #dustibonge #womeninthearts #hollistaggart #abstractexpressionism
Photo Credit: Chris Thygesen
