This morning SuperForester Jackson and I went for a walk through the city. I’ve wanted to see and meet the living legend of Michel Bayard since the moment I got here and today the moment finally seemed there.
The biologically degradable trash had to be brought away to the composting section of the Green Farmer Market at Union Square here in NY, so Jackson and I embarked on a little walk of a few blocks. On our way we did some shopping – and shopping in Jackson English isn’t the same as shopping in Regular English, in the first case it is to look for useful trash and the definition of the second case is, I may hope, clear. Since Jackson posted a few of the ‘most charming’ pictures of me a few days ago I will share with you some of the most charming Jack-flicks I took today.
More seriously though, I think it’s awesome how person A dumps something on the street and how person B can do something useful with A’s waste, right? It all happens here in NYC.
We were just a few blocks away of the Green Market, when we got there we got rid of our (frozen) compost (below) and went to Michel The Legend Bayard, we had a chat and went on. Went on to get the greatest strawberry-apple juice I ever had. The apple wasn’t very present though, but the strawberries were. Then I told Jackson I would like one of Bayard’s photos, he said that if I wanted something I should get it now because Bayard could be gone the next day.
I picked out this really cool picture of the Southern skyline of NY with the Brooklyn Bridge, and when I was right at the point to pay for it Bayard gave it to me for free. How awesome is that?
On our walk home we passed by the Rubin Museum of Art. I thought the window looked kind of interesting so we hopped in. The Rubin was all about Himalayan art, and how that relates to the Buddhist culture. It was an awesome museum, and the free tour that was included in the $7 ticket was also really informing. Perhaps the best part was that there were very little tourists, I guess a lot of guides skip the Rubin. If you’d ask me why, I’d have to reply with: “I don’t know, it’s kind of confusing since it’s a nice museum with great pieces.”
As I said, the free tour was really nice as well. She told us how a lotus is symbolic for an enlightened personality. Since a lotus grows in real muddy water you wouldn’t expect it to turn into something beautiful. But as the plant grows and grows it finally develops a flower that is so radically different than it’s situation, so clean, so beautiful, it stands for change
We also did some stuff with bottles today. You know, when you go shopping here in NYC you find lots of stuff. Including bottles. Jackson got the idea of turning them into drinking glasses. The quick explanation, four steps: peel of the label, cut of the top, sand the edge, treat your glass with glass epoxy. Since we’re not entirely done as I’m writing this I’ll get back to you about it later.
For now, have a great night… or day, depending on wherever you are.
SuperForester Julius
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