Last Operas and Plays Book

Went to see 'Mother of us All" performed at the Met because my friend was doing hair design, which she did very well. Let down by the lack of content going to see an opera with an open mind. More confused than confusing, and unkind in the name of compassion. Women's voting rights is an important issue to American history, watching this a century later against the backdrop of the historical artifacts I'm afraid Stein's work took upon a second irony for anyone hearing to listen that was not the kind of parody that was first intended. Art that is more concerned with the true and beautiful for its own sake despite its humble origins is what gives it a timeless quality, but art made with a central concern to be timely tends to age quickly.

There was a display of plates from 18th century Pennsylvania behind me, imagine that a whole display of clay plates made by hand from a state not far away next to history's great artifacts. I admit that the setting may have had the most to do with it, but definitely a night that made me think on what actually makes art speak the loudest.