Art, or, some things I learned last night on W. 21st St.

[chanaleh]

Apparently:

The neighborhood of Chelsea is the epicenter of the global art world.

You can print off daily listings of gallery exhibits, events, and openings (this is, I'm sure, a no-brainer, but I'd never been aware of it before).

Head-to-toe black (turtleneck, knee-length tiered skirt,tights, motorcycle jacket) plus funky shoes constitutes Artist Drag.

"Are you an artist?" is completely a pick-up line.

Especially when uttered by guys clasping printouts of gallery listings in their hands.

I have crossed a line since moving to NYC where the peak audience for my attractiveness is men aged 45-55. Weird, but observable.

Oh yeah, and I also learned some new stuff about the behavior of flat surfaces (e.g., paper) when folded on curved creases.

Plus some things I already knew:

Math is cool.

The Demaines (père et fils) do incredibly intriguing work.

Geeks are reliably the most interesting people in the room to talk to.

gremionis has cool friends, even if he never has any time to hang out with them. ;-)

I took some pictures, too; will try to post them later this weekend.