Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
Cousin Bill sent two photos of Sun-Ae and me at Crystal Bridges Museum. This first one was taken when he called to us from across the room:
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 11:53 PM
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I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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That's the Radiator Building, by Georgia O'Keefe. O'Keefe was inexorably drawn to buildings named for common household objects. 1927 also saw her painting "Dawn over the Waffle-Iron Building", "Winter at the Rugbeater Tower" and "Encountering the Nose Hair Clipper Building."
I just knew that the Nose Hair Clipper Building at the Noble NoZe Brothers' Barber College of Knowledge must've had an aesthetic effect upon some artist or other back when the club's spelling was still "Nose."
Jeffery Hodges
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Figured you'd be gaining weight on this visit (good Southern country cooking) ...and I recall a big ice cream thingy being consumed (wolfed down) within an hour after dining at Crystal Bridges' Eleven Restaurant. Whoops, guess Sun-Ae did get a couple of bites...so there's the reason for your weight loss!
Once again, we enjoyed the visit.
Cuz Bill
We enjoyed the visit, too, especially in meeting your lovely wife, and we hope to make a trip again in another short decade or two!
Jeffery Hodges
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