In the garden of the Church of St-Germain-des-Pres, on the Boulevard St-Germain, Paris
Found Beauty
9 Responses to Found Beauty
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Charles Cosimano says:
Oh my poor eyes. Way too much color.
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DS says:
I’m with Cosimano on this one. Paris in the fall is supposed to be black and white. All this Camera+ saturation makes me think you’ve taken a TGV to New Delhi.
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Ethan C. says:
I think you may need to dial back the camera filters just a tad, Rod, at least for shots like this one. There’s a weird purplish glare in the upper right corner.
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What is this? Is it a tomb (Sevres family)? Too much is just right sometimes.
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PDGM says:
Isn’t Sevres a type of porcelain, or a porcelain of a type associated with a certain area? I remember very nice, very artisanal French porcelain being “Sevres porcelain”, I think.
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Speaking of French things of beauty, here’s what you need to do this morning (as it’s now this morning there and last night here). You need to find the nearest decent Parisian music shop — this album isn’t on iTunes — and track down Michel Legrand’s “Chant et s’accompagne,” released in 1965. It should be available on CD. The American release’s title is “Sings.”
You will have a religious experience.
My favorite used-record shop in Omaha is closing, and I’ve made a couple of trips so far to buy everything I could. With all vinyl half off and CDs for a buck, I’m taking the opportunity to buy some vintage jazz by artists I’ve heard of well enough but haven’t really explored yet.
The Michel Legrand LP — a French pressing, no less — fell into that category for me. I put it on the turntable today, and was blown out of my chair and flat onto my butt with the first notes.
Lord have mercy on me, I dearly wish I could have such a transcendent experience at Mass every week.
I’m telling you, this is right up your and Julie’s alley. Tonnaire, ça c’est bon, oui!
Be sure to visit Notre Dame des Victoires, Rod.