Like
a number of locations today, it is a dreary, overcast, snowy, rainy day here in
the central Mohawk Valley with temperatures hovering just above freezing. Add
to the bleak weather the fact that a package was absolutely, positively supposed
to arrive today but did not make its destination and you have some of the
components for another slow blue Monday. Despite various tasks at hand and some well
chosen music, today has somewhat mimicked the weather making for a slow Monday.
To brighten the mood a bit, illustrated is a vibrant, bright blue Persian
influenced tile by Ningen Kokuho, Kato Takuo. Framed and matted by pale
blue-grey fabric, the painting can transport the viewer to another time and
place with ease and this is just one of the gifts of this master of Toruko-ao
style work. I am always amazed at how quickly a good pot can clear the mind and
change a mood.
A novel twist on NEW ODRER's BLUE MONDAY;
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