My buddy Paul wanted to go to the museum & gallery at Bob Jones University in Greenville for his birthday present. His birthday was in October. Unfortunately, we couldn't get around to it... until today. Strangely, the museum is only open from 2-5 on Wednesdays. This definitely gave us the opportunity to get up late, have a leisurely lunch, hang out in a used record store (where I got CDs by Ellington/Coltrane and a mellow reincarnation of the King Cole Trio), get lost and still get there more or less on time.
It's not a gigantic museum, but has a lot of paintings to try to fit into three hours. Even moreso for two. (We eventually decided to leave early to beat traffic, and also because I was getting a little wobbly and still had to drive home.) Much as I disagree with Bob Jones University about nearly everything, I don't want to cast any aspersions. The paintings were very nice. The descriptions were mostly knowledgeably written, though any time the Virgin Mary turned up, the writer(s) felt the need to denounce the doctrinal errors leading to the Marian cult. And there was a tendency to put "School of" a given artist after the artist's name rather than before, which looks a little deceptive.
Still and all, the pictures were pretty and we managed not to get thrown out, which was a plus. And we had a very nice day. And I have Nat King Cole to listen to. So there.
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