Art in the Park

Japanese Bridge in Ibirapuera Park

Did you know that São Paulo city has the biggest Japanese community outside Japan? In the 1940s free land was given to Japanese immigrants, to stimulate growth and agricultural development.

The arched Japanese Bridge decorates São Paulo´s largest park - Ibirapuera - São Paulo´s answer to New York City´s Central Park.

It is a favorite spot for joggers, sweethearts and dogwalkers. Oh yes...and artists. I used to meet there with a four other artists every Wednesday morning to paint different corners of it. This is one of my favorite spots.

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Autumn is in the Air



Jean

 September
by Helen Hunt Jackson
(excerpt)

The goldenrod is yellow;

The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.

From dewy lanes at morning

The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.
By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.

 Autumn is my favorite season. Jean, a young Frenchman, prepares for it with his blue and yellow scarf. His far away gaze makes us wonder what he sees. The gold, green and red patchwork fields yonder, perhaps.

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