Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Oddly enough, the only significant landmark I had equally significant desire to see, prior to my arrival in Paris, was the "Bridge at Giverny" which likely served as both subject and platform for the "father of impressionism", Claude Monet.

During the last twenty years I have attended many continuing education courses to forward my career as an optician. Three or so years ago, the end of a long weekend of classes was nearing and I had little energy and even less concern for the final of my registered hours, my tardiness revealing my disconnect. The door to the lecture hall swung open almost as to reveal the only available space in the room; no seats were available and the walls were completely lined with attendees. This was the last course offered for the conference and as such I could only assume the souls in the chairs were merely desperate to fill their certification requirements. "Incorrect" doesn't scratch it; "mistaken" doesn't come close; "dead wrong" only barely meets the description of how very off I was.

The class: Art and the Eye. The lecturer: Phyllis Rakow, COMT, NCLC (gotta get those credentials in there!)

Thirty minutes had already lapsed by the time my full attention was brought upon the podium. This was to prove inconsequential other than delaying a life-changing perspective I hope soon to share...


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