NYC Cont.

Friday am was a slow start for me, I mean it's not as if I really had anything to do. I didn't have a schedule now and did have an extra week here in the city to do anything that was left on my list. Meghan had lent me her brothers MoMA card so that was my plan for the afternoon, they have a Tim Burton exhibition on at the moment. The exhibition was packed and great. It had never occurred to me that Tim Burton was anything other than a director, he is also an artist. The collection contains a lot of drawings, sculptures as well as movie props created by him. I guess it makes sense,his films are full fantasies and he obviously has a clear concept of how he sees his films. I liked the artwork but I enjoyed the movie props more. Shallow I know. Since I had time I decided to take a look around the rest of the museum. And this is where I got to see naked people, yes I've seen naked people before but I hadn't expected to see them in a museum setting. There is a special exhibition on by performance artist Marina Abramovic. I, of course, had never heard of her before and don't really get what she is trying to do. During the exhibition she is also doing a new "art piece" at MoMA, in this she sits on a chair at a table opposite a member of the public. The two of them sit in complete silence and just look at each other. I don't understand but it gets me thinking so I guess that's the point of it. I wonder who decides what is art and what they'll give museum to.
Meghan was working so Christophe and I went to a Ramen shop for dinner in Park Slope. We cycled down there,it's a nice ride but I think being a cyclist in NYC takes nerves of steel. The Ramen was OK, expensive but OK. I've been trying to avoid Japanese food here as it maybe as good as in Japan but it is always a lot more expensive. I was still feeling down, I had been all set to go home and hadn't adjusted to the change in plans. I spent the rest of the weekend as I hadn't started in a fairly relaxed and chill manner. I walked around Brooklyn and the park. On Sunday Meghan and I started painting the sitting room, interspersed with watching t.v. while we waited for the paint to dry. Monday followed the same pattern. I've lost the will to sight see. Plus they isn't much left that I really want to see now so what's the point in slogging my guts out in Manhattan. Brooklyn is way more chill than the island and a lot less people. I've always known that I am not a big city person and New York has just confirmed it. I can't handle the crowds, the traffic and the rudeness.
This feeling of lethargy extended into Tuesday, I had decided that it was time to get out of the apartment. Unfortunately saying and doing are two different things, it took me a couple of hours to actually leave the apartment. I borrowed Meghans bike, rode through the park and went to Greenwood cemetery. I had been told that there were good views of Manhattan from there although thinking about it now why do I need any more photos of the Manhattan skyline? I've seen it from most of the vantage points there are, I'm just missing it from the Empire State building and a helicopter. I've decided that a helicopter ride doesn't fit into my budget anymore, I still have money left but this extra time here has meant that I need to spend a little more slowly than I was in what I thought was my last week. I took M & C out for dinner, bought a new suitcase and have even started to buy clothes. Also I am buying a bit more alcohol at the moment, it's just so nice to have someone to drink with.