I ordered some new puzzles and am currently doing one of Seurat's A Sunday on Le Grande Jatte. I first saw it in Ferris Bueller's Day Off in the late 80s, and loved the pointillism (even though I didn't have a word for it then), where there is a whole picture but if you look closely it's a tiny mishmash of colors artfully arranged. I've noticed the little things my entire life and it appealed to that aspect of me.

I saw the study for it next, that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC owns, and it was fascinating how it was more lines than dots as he worked out the color schemes he would use. Then in 2002 I drove cross-country with a friend, where among many wonderful national parks and scenery, I saw the actual, finished painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.

I've been very lucky through the years to see many of the major museums in the US, although internationally I've only been to London's Royal Academy of Arts, Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia, and the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Some day I hope to get to the Prado and the Louvre, and I love that I can appreciate so many eras and cultures through the art they created. I may not be rich or particularly cultured, but everywhere I can be, you'll find me in a museum sooner or later.