Talk Like An Arab

Is what Cybelle said to me. And then she scrunched up her nose and smiled. Jesus.

I saw the most amazing museum today! There's a little gallery of Chagall's work up the road a while from my school. It's not as over-crowded as the other museums I've been to in Europe, and the work was beautiful. It was really inspiring because he basically re-interpreted all of the most famous biblical scenes in art. Instead of showing people as terrible and bestial they are colorful and vibrant, constantly searching. God and angels are generally blue and peaceful instead of fiery gold or red. The expulsion from paradise shows Adam and Eve not in agony, but looking forward hopefully. Conversely, paradise before the fall has somewhat foreboding creatures lurking in the background. The suggestion appears to be that the expulsion was inevitable, and rather than regret we should regard the future bravely. It was pretty sweet. I heard the adult tour in English and the kindergarten tour in French. In French: "Chagall loved to paint animals. Can you find the bird in this picture?" In English: "This is Chagall's interpretation of the Eiffel Tower. Can you see the Eiffel Tower?"

I'm putting myself on a budget. My goal is to be able to afford lunch for the entire time I'm here. So I need to start looking for cheap/free things to do besides lay out on the beach. I was kind of thinking that it wouldn't be that hard to be a street performer by night. I could just dress up like an astronaut or something, and then people could take their picture with me for donations. If you have any costume suggestions please let me know! There's already a mafia guy, a pirate, a guy who dresses up in flamboyant hats and sings Japanese ballads, a guy who plays Spanish guitar with a mask on, and a bunch of break dancers. So if you already had one of those ideas, too late.