sorry, I've been reading about Lucian Freud today, and how he neglected his children, which of course led me to think about Freud, himself, and what a strange father he must've been.
I had never seen this Dali painting before. There is SO much in it! It looks like there is water present in each phase...and I didn't see it until I had looked for a while, but the mother is present in adolescence and infancy. I wonder, is it nuts at the bottom of the canvas? And I wonder what the clear woman is on the right?
Often? No. Last I saw him was a year and a half ago when I flew out for a week with him after my Step-mom passed. Before then, it had been 2-3 years since my wife and I flew out for a vacation. It'll probably be quite a few more before I return. I'm not one who enjoys air travel, especially when it involves a plane change or two. My older sister keeps an eye on him from Kodiak. She flies in every couple months so as to ensure everything stays on the up-and-up with his medical care (like my wife, she's an RN).
Hmm. It would be a small scandal here (among the relatives and other acquintances) if the father was to live in a 'facility' and not with the son...the latter being the "subject" of this scandal, as in he failed in his duty towards his parent.
There is most definitely a cultural divide. My father would think it a "scandal" if he were required to depend upon his children for support of any kind. He has consistently refused to return to the mainland so as to live with or near one of us and facilitate his own care. And I, for one, have no intention of playing "Cordelia" to his "Lear" by attempting to move Gloucester to France. ;)
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Thinking of your father, FJ?
sorry, I've been reading about Lucian Freud today, and how he neglected his children, which of course led me to think about Freud, himself, and what a strange father he must've been.
:p
I had never seen this Dali painting before. There is SO much in it! It looks like there is water present in each phase...and I didn't see it until I had looked for a while, but the mother is present in adolescence and infancy. I wonder, is it nuts at the bottom of the canvas? And I wonder what the clear woman is on the right?
My father? Not really. He seems to have adjusted well to his new "assisted" living facility on Oahu.
The woman on the right would be, IMO, Aphrodite, but it could just be the "pose" that has me thinking that (with the water jar).
Do you visit him often?
Often? No. Last I saw him was a year and a half ago when I flew out for a week with him after my Step-mom passed. Before then, it had been 2-3 years since my wife and I flew out for a vacation. It'll probably be quite a few more before I return. I'm not one who enjoys air travel, especially when it involves a plane change or two. My older sister keeps an eye on him from Kodiak. She flies in every couple months so as to ensure everything stays on the up-and-up with his medical care (like my wife, she's an RN).
Hmm. It would be a small scandal here (among the relatives and other acquintances) if the father was to live in a 'facility' and not with the son...the latter being the "subject" of this scandal, as in he failed in his duty towards his parent.
There is most definitely a cultural divide. My father would think it a "scandal" if he were required to depend upon his children for support of any kind. He has consistently refused to return to the mainland so as to live with or near one of us and facilitate his own care. And I, for one, have no intention of playing "Cordelia" to his "Lear" by attempting to move Gloucester to France. ;)
lol, indeed. :)
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