On a Night Like This, Even Cats Take Notice of the Moon [PHOTOS]
Preparing for the PV Art Center’s “L’aura borealis” was surreal, but the 38th trip to Kyoto was out of this world Bondo Wyszpolski, left, during one of his many trips to The Moonlight of the Grove in Kyoto, with the reclusive arts connoisseur Mr. Tanaka, who secretly commissioned the artwork on view in “L’aura borealis: 100 Ways to Look at the Muse” at the Palos Verdes Art Center, with additional images in “Portraits of the Muse” at Zask Gallery. Both exhibitions have opening receptions on Friday, Oct. 26. The diffused autumn light and the sound of the mountains filtered into the room as I set down my valise, and next to it I placed the large, soft-leather satchel containing twenty-three photographs of Laura. In two corners of the room there were wooden tripods with water-green paper lanterns, and in the alcove a potted sakaki tree nestled on the shelf devoted to the family gods. Crickets chirped faintly under the floorboards of the nine-tatami mat room, and etched upon the shoji screen were the lattice-like shadows of cherry trees and bamboo. The silhouette of a cat briefly joined them. The pervading scent was of cedar and orange blossom. This was the remote villa called The…
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