SHARING WITH ME

Probably done in the 1930's In the 1930's A good fried where I live had left me a small prospectus on an artist which we know virtually nothing about - a certain Marcel Storr. Anne had seen his exhibition in the 20th - an area off the beaten track for me. Today for other reasons I needed to go over there and thought why not? Anne enjoys Naïve art. I am not going to make a special effort to see such work and the small brochure she left didn’t look like naïve art. More as if the artist in question was obsessional about churches and buildings. Art historians or other know little about Marcel Starr (1911-1976).  A road sweeper in the Bois de Boulogne or a road mender as a seasonal worker in the parks and gardens in Paris. He was an abandoned child and brought up by the State in farms where he was beaten. Deaf and illiterate he adored to draw. 1960's? Obviously he was quite obsessional about churches and spires which climbed into the sky. Also build

I get very cross with myself when I have wasted time. Seeing films for instance. The film that everyone goes to and then the disappointment when it does not live up to expectation. "The Iron Lady". Of course Meryl Streep is a magnificent actress and probably deserves the Oscar. (I think  Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs" is more impressive). "The Iron Lady" made me feel very ill at ease. A woman who was politically a strength for the nation being shown as someone about to enter into Alzheimer's disease. Having lived such a situation myself, I know how distressing it is and all you want to remember is how the person was and not becoming. Not only did the film leave me ill at ease but I found it intolerable that her life story could be illustrated as such. No wonder her family was against the film.(apparently). Maggie couldn't even defend herself.  Then there was Spielberg's "The War Horse". Well that was romantic for you (sic) and the