Dear community,

It has been a long while. Life had taken too many unexpected turns for me to keep up with my museum days. But I am happy to share that the worst has passed me by, for now.

For the longest time I was undecided on what to do with the meetup page. It costs me a pretty penny to maintain it. Yet I hadn’t the slightest clue if I would be doing any meetups in the future. I get a bit stubborn at times. So I refused to admit “defeat” and wrap up.

Was it worth it? Probably not. I am sorry to have kept you all hoping for a meetup that never was. And now I am moving far away. But not before having a last little gathering.

My first thought for this event was to go back to the Depot again. Instead I chose its humble neighbor. Here’s another bit from my journal entry that I wrote while I was doing my research visit at the Chabot Museum:

“Art sometimes fills me with melancholy. I envy the artist. How wonderful it must feel to have command over such raw expression of creativity. I am jealous. Artists are definitely my type.

But this is about the ‘Fire of Rotterdam.’ What about it? Maybe the vivid oranges and yellows. Maybe the historical context of war. Maybe the portrayal of destruction? Or perhaps the perspective from a simple farmstead. Whatever it is, it is wonderful. And I appreciate this museum a lot. I have not been in a museum for a while and I immediately get hit by this monumental piece walking in? I love that!”

I hope you will join me this Saturday to feel for yourselves what Chabot had to express!

Kind regards, Imtiaz https://imtiaz.eu