There's a Place in France.....

 March was the  month of France and Art.  I didn't intend to pick the two together because they blended so much.  I mean, I was aware that France had a lot of art, but so does the rest of the world.  But, Paris is art and art is Paris.  Or so it is said.  For France I had a rule of no WWII and for art I stuck to the classics.  

I read " I Will Always Love You" which is about Mary Cassatt, an impressionist painter from the end of the 19th century and her relationship with art and Edgar Degas, a fellow Parisian painter.  I watched on Curious Streaming four videos:  Bon Appetite; Picasso; Mona Lisa; and The Secret Versailles.  On Great Courses I watched:  Normandy at Ease; Women and French Salons & English Coffeehouses; and Islamic Art.  I also watched "Under the Eiffel Tower" on Netflix.  I listened to podcasts Resurrecting Notre Dame and Artist Way.  The music I listened to was La Femme Pendu and Baroque.  These things taught me about the culture of France for the most part as well as the classics of the great painters.  I was introduced to not only the food of Paris, but how it is grown and the agriculture of the region.  I learned some history of France, specifically the 1770s as that was when my French ancestry came over and Marie Antoinette.  It was all very fascinating.  

For my art activities, I did an art journal called No Mistakes by Keiko Agena.  I also took a vacation to Santa Fe.  I had intended to go to the Georgia O'Keefe museum, but found out on arrival that you have to purchase tickets ahead of time!  But no fear, Santa Fe is swimming in art of all kinds.  So I got some experience in the culture of art.  

For self discovery this month I read two books:  Death of Innocence by Mamie Till and Recovery by Russell Brand.  I also had a vacation to the desert of the Southwest, made some donations, did some Spring Self-care challenges and Spring Hygge.  I did a meditation series on Commune with Koya Webb as well as listened to some podcasts by Jeff Kober, Joyce Meyer and Faith Hunt.  

I learned about France that they like to enjoy life.  Really enjoy it.  Art is beautiful.  The stuff I like anyway. It is wide and varied with something for everyone.  And though it is serious business when they do it, the world of galleries and museums do not get up early.  Not for anything.