My Big Fat New York Newspaper
September 14, 2009 by Janice
Wow, I leaned back up, my blue plastic wrapped sunday paper in my hands, something must have happened, this one’s huge. I puzzled as I walked back up the walk heading to the front door, dodging raindrops all the way. It must be big. This weighs a ton.
I shut the door against the rain and took my dripping catch in straight to the kitchen sink. Peeled the blue off, double wrapped ( thank you) tossed it in the recycling. And took a look, expecting a huge front page.
Hm. A kid with an open mouth and some fillings. Huh?
Week in Review. Some demographic issues on the healthcare debate.Thin.
Business. Tales from Lehman castaways. Slender as a little black dress there too.
As I pulled out the sections to see what had called for all the extra paper a smile gradually appeared.
Yeah baby.
The Arts.
Happy Dance.
New season. Big paper.
Lots o” color!
Several sections and two magazines.
And look, advertisers.
Hm.
Clue. Are we listening. Did ya get this?
I’ll make it easy: Culture drives economy.
Forget the remodel, the new wheels, the latest electronics…go buy a new dress, some great shoes, or throw on your music listening jeans. But buy a ticket.
To anything. Take your pick. It’s a new cultural season and people have been busy making beauty just for you.
Speaking of beauty, the one thing at a time is working really well. Organizing Monday shapes up rather simply. I have actually gotten all those troublesome things from last week done. One at a time. Surprise, surprise. And it didn’t seem as, hm, frenetic. I found good bones underneath all the mess. So more of that please.
My one thing today is simple. Make sure everyone you know or who can hear you, understands that a ticket, a song, a painting can move things along just as much or more than all those other things that seem to call our name… and they keep on giving. Rippling out, replenishing, just like a rain drop landing on a reservoir …flow…join it. Refresh a nation. Get your Medici bucks out and have some fun.
Check. Now more tea ( I picked the red) and the next thing. Some paint.
In the meantime….
Tick tock… buy a ticket…:) Buy a ticket… watch the watch….The artist smiles.
Tell them my big fat New York Newspaper sent you.
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I hope you’re right about culture driving the economy. Seems to have had much of its cash stream diverted as of late. But a thick paper! Haven’t seen that around here in a while.
I like the NY Times Sunday Crossword. It’s the only one I want to do, now.
Some of the local papers will carry it..that’s the whole reason I buy the paper on weekends.
(Well, THAT, and the comics!)