ephemera

at the australian national gallery for a very lacklustre show of late rauschenbergs i stumbled into a wonderful exhibition of calligraphy and ceramics inscribed with waka poems by a buddhist nun called Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) … it seems odd to be moved close to tears by a tea cup but there you are … if it is made by a very sad poet in japan at the time when napoleon was heading into russia (or something) … the exhibition is on until january next year and it is the perfect antidote to the missing features on the new ipod … just don’t set off any of those nasty alarms by getting too close to the exhibits