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Art was never a subject I enjoy. I’m not a patient man, really, though I may appear to be one. Maybe not all the time, oh well. I can still remember my calligraphy homework, awful, absolutely awful. Drawings, oh, you must be having a laugh. School time was really memorable. My this friend submitted an art homework on any subject, a very simple  drawing, in fact too simple. In it was an open book, with a shiny yellow colour house standing out of the book. I would say only two colours were used in total. But the idea was so obvious that even with such poor execution, nobody could really miss it, unless one didn’t know this famous chinese phrase in the first place. It was good laugh, even the teacher couldn’t help it.

W and I went to Musee D’Orsay last Christmas. It wasn’t my idea, as I didn’t even know it exists. Somehow it was top of W’s list of places to visit in Paris. Don’t think I have paid too much attention to impressionism art before until W asked me to get her a replica modern art painting from Kandisky, and some books on impressionist art. Though I have read bits and pieces about impressionism art then, think I only remember a few names, particularly Manet, as it’s also the name of a working group, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, that I have interest in. According to my french colleague some americans try to pronounce the  working group like the french artist’s name, which he thinks is wrong. I can understand why.

In a museum, usually I will just stroll around, "try" to appreciate the famous few by paying them a visit and then leave. I don’t like renting audio guide, as it tells me very little things meaningful to me about paintings. So I might as well not pretend. I, however, know that I enjoy listening to museum tour guide, as I have overheard tour guides explaining about paintings before in other museums. The theme of the tour for that month was about impressionism. After weighing up the "options", it was a no-brainer really, as W likes impressionism art and I was also curious to understand more. It was money well spent, as it proved. I wonder if it was because I had low expectation. But it certainly was my best experience in a museum.

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