I call it ‘Turbo-charge’. This was drawn on the way to Dallas to see Calatrava’s new Trinity River Bridge in progress. We had a lovely Thanksgiving with the Denton Pogues and the Durango pair. There were many fires made by Steve Pogue and many good meals made by Sarah Pogue. We ventured to Dallas one day for some gallery time and some Calatrava time and then Fort Worth for some Philip Johnson Water Garden time. There was one gallery in particular, PDNB, that I liked with a series of Nickolas Muray portraits of Frida Kahlo.

I was very amused that a lady would carry that uni-brow with her through her lifetime as an artist. It is brilliant and bold. It takes real guts to stick to something that marks you in such a way. What if you feel a change? You wouldn’t be able to shave off the middle or you would risk your identity you’ve created for yourself.

While in Fort Worth I wrote this blurb in my sketch book while picnicking in the Water Gardens:

[Revered as one of the most successful public spaces created by a modern architect in North America, it's open enough to see the tops of the buildings around me, but I still feel closed in and sheltered. I feel connected to the city where the tops of the tiers mimic the skyline from below street level, but separated enough to think and reflect. There are people surrounding me, but they do not feel too close. The different tiers help break up the space and the running water turns the stark, modern landscape into something a little more warm and inviting. Water, mold, cypress, & modern architecture. Who would dream of such a combination? Apparently, there used to be over 300 species of plant life in the gardens, but I would say the city of Fort Worth has let it dwindle to around 10. This is sad, as Philip Johnson's original vision is no longer transferred. I will still take my piece of it with me as I finish the book Sam gave me for my birthday, 'From Bauhaus to Our House', and try and come to my own conclusions about modern architecture.]