Good things from across the web...

...descriptively titled.

“This is Seara, my sea rabbit." 

"Oh, he’s…cute. Thanks for letting me take your picture.” 

“You can pet Seara if you would like. He is very gentle.”

• When you photograph New Yorkers, you know things are bound to get a bit strange.
• "The stars would come in one by one. They just waltzed in,' she said." - This other photogrpaher named Sherman
• Going dotty at Voitton on 5th Avenue and other bad metaphors that I'll spare you.
• "I’m not sure you could convince me that this elevator didn’t have a floor labeled ’Tim Burton's Apartment’."
• Ghosts in the Machine open at New Museum.
• Banksy the Olympian torches advertising
• Tom Waits nararrating John Baldessari. 6 minutes

And in other news, I fly to Hungary in 40 days. Nothing is ready, except I did get my passport back. But who's counting?

Hungarian Parliament Drooling

I got more orientation materials about my upcoming trip, and today it included a lot of photos of the beautiful Hungarian Parliament building. It was meant to get us excited about coming, and let me tell you, its working.

Victory

Rocky statue, steps of Philadelphia Museum of Art

At least of the personal sort.

I've been awarded a Fulbright grant to research contemporary Hungarian art. Things are still up in the air (and contingent on getting medical clearance and visas and such) but it looks like I will be in Hungary September through May. I still can't quite believe the good news, but I feel sure once it sinks in I will be incredibly excited  thrilled over the moon.

If you have any contacts or suggestions for Budapest, or Hungary in general, send me a message! I'd love to know.

But now, back to trying to learn Hungarian...(an almost Quixotic pursuit).