Monthly Archives: March 2020

90’s Songs: Crush by Jennifer Paige

Posted on March 31, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

I heard this song while I was waiting to get a pedicure.  This song takes me back.

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Documentaries You Should See: Three Identical Strangers

Posted on March 27, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

This is a documentary that starts as a feel good story and turns into a thriller. I don’t want to say too much about it, because it takes unbelievable twists and turns.  The music is also very unsettling.  It reminds … Continue reading →

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Journal of the (Covid-19) Plague Year: Chapter 1

Posted on March 23, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

Apologies to Daniel Defoe First of all, my apologies to Daniel Defoe, who wrote Journal of the Plague Year.  I have never read it, but it takes place during the outbreak of Bubonic Plague in London during the year 1665.  … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Catherine Greene John Singleton Copley

Posted on March 22, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

I believe that this is the first piece of artwork acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Visiting the American art wing in a museum

Posted on March 17, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

Years ago, I visited the Detroit Institute of Arts. I made a conscious decision to ignore the European wing and to spend all of my time in the American art wing. I was very, very poor at the time, because … Continue reading →

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Meditation on Irrational Thoughts Part 10

Posted on March 12, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

The idea that you can achieve happiness by inaction or by passively and uncommittedly ‘enjoying yourself’. For me, this is about the need to take action. I am very, very much a couch potato.  I have always had a big … Continue reading →

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Joélle Harvey sings “V’adoro pupille” from Handel’s Giulio Cesare

Posted on March 8, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

I heard Joelle Harvey sing the soprano part in Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor.  She has a lovely voice.

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Icon of the New Testament Trinity from Constantinople

Posted on March 3, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

This is a relatively recent acquisition for the Cleveland Museum of Art.  Christ is shown on sitting on the right hand of the Father, which is a reference to the Nicene Creed.  The dove in the middle represents the Holy … Continue reading →

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