In A Former Life

I don't know if I believe in reincarnation or not. If I did have a former life I probably lived in the 1930's. I have always loved old movies and still stay up to watch them. As a child I liked art from the "social commentary school" IE. Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton. Most kids like Renaissance paintings. I love automotive design of that period. I have lots of car books and spend time on the Internet looking at old cars. Of course I have the Asta dog. I like Industrial design of that period as well. Spend lots of time on the Internet looking at old radios, trains, streetcars, blimps etc.. My favorite architect is Richard Neutra.

When my Grandmother died in 1993 she left me her dining room set, which she had had refinished several years earlier. So taking advantage of my Marshall Fields discount and my friends who worked in bruised and reduced. I began to furnish my apartment with furniture that matched the dining room set (18th century reproduction pieces sorry not art decco). I was pretty satisfied with the way my apartment looked until I went to a party at my friend Doug's house. Doug is an architect and has exquisite taste. I remember coming home and thinking" damn I live in an old ladies house". So a couple of years ago later when it came time to replace some pieces. I decided to go a little more modern for a fresher look. I bought a couch a chair and a couple of lamps. I thought I had done well. Nice clean lines, plain, simple modern but not so much as to have been dropped from a space ship. So I'm watching this 1938 movie Blondie when I notice that she has my couch and chairs. So much for modernization.

Thanks, (from 1938)

Jeff