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for those interested, we do have a flickr account, if you click on any of the empty boxes below, it will take you to the account, but for now, its located at http://www.flickr.com/photos/71657421@N00/ or at least i think that will take you there. or click on those empty boxes above the london post... we will try and figure out this link situation soon, but seeing as internet time is limited, we don't have all day to figure this shit out. plus, we're laaazy. but on the upside, we are in madrid, where that is socially acceptable, along with long afternoon naps, which i thought would rule, but its really just because you can't do anything else seeing that it is scorchingly hot.
yesterday we waded through the crowds at the prado to see the not-quite-justified-because-the-line-was-so-f'ing-long picasso exhibition and all the Goya, Velaquez, El Bosco, Breughel, and lots of other godly and kingly painting. times were dark in those days, as evidenced by Goya's Saturn Eating his Children, which is oddly, still disturbing. Maybe its all the darkness that i associate with the brutal spanish christian empire, the inquisition, the war against the moors, and the institution of slavery and all that, but whatever the case, all that technique is colored with the wrath of an angry god.
other than that, we've been racing around looking for modern architecture from the fascist era, which is quite fascinating, seeing as most all of the buildings were built without "modern" elements such as steel and iron and required about twice the labor power to build. We are staying right next to Francisco Cabrero's Obra Sindicale, which is presently one of diana's favorite buildings. yesterday we visited the torres blancas and some old spanish witch yelled at us for taking photos in the lobby, a weird, weird building, somewhere between concrete surrealism and frank lloyd wright, made entirely of concrete.
its the 25th anniversery of guernica being in spain and it is on prominent display at the reina sofia, which also houses jean nouvel's somewhat garrish extension. the library is alright, but they don't let you study there. they will only let you bring in a notebook and you can only read books from that library. frustrating, but an alright space nonetheless.