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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
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I liked this a lot. I find learning about other people's jobs really fascinating, especially one as unknown to me as a museum guard. This was a nice mix of Bringley's personal life, his day to day life on the job and detailed descriptions of artworks. I looked up a lot of the art mentioned so I learnt a lot and also virtually walked around the Met on Google Maps. It was a very thoughtful book so although it's short, I dipped in and out over a several weeks.
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i miss living here. i miss wandering the met after school and losing myself in its galleries.
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Took this from my mom. She had picked this out at the bookstore and I wasn't able to find a book I was interested in. I saw that she had gotten this one and asked if I could read it.
It was really good. It just took me so long because I wasn't in the right mood. It took me so long to finish because it wasn't exactly what my mind wanted at the time. There were many lessons to be learned andI think I wanted mind candy.
It is deeply moving to hear about how Patrick's interactions in the museum roll over into his everyday life and how looking at art can cause him to recall specific moments in his memory. He expresses these in a very thoughtful and moving way. It is very lovely how we first start the book with grief and the eminent loss of a brother, but we end with the just budding lives of Patrick's children. The grief causes the start of a career at the MET and the joy of new life causes the end of his tenure there and a transition to a new role. It think this book is good for all stages of life.
There is much to be learned from art and much to be learned from those around us and ourselves, and I think Patrick would agree with that.
(I also managed to split half of the pages of this book off of the cover. I think the suana was not good for the glue)
It was really good. It just took me so long because I wasn't in the right mood. It took me so long to finish because it wasn't exactly what my mind wanted at the time. There were many lessons to be learned andI think I wanted mind candy.
It is deeply moving to hear about how Patrick's interactions in the museum roll over into his everyday life and how looking at art can cause him to recall specific moments in his memory. He expresses these in a very thoughtful and moving way. It is very lovely how we first start the book with grief and the eminent loss of a brother, but we end with the just budding lives of Patrick's children. The grief causes the start of a career at the MET and the joy of new life causes the end of his tenure there and a transition to a new role. It think this book is good for all stages of life.
There is much to be learned from art and much to be learned from those around us and ourselves, and I think Patrick would agree with that.
(I also managed to split half of the pages of this book off of the cover. I think the suana was not good for the glue)
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Fascinating! Patrick Bringley, after his older brother‘s death, leaves a low-level job at The New Yorker and goes to work as gallery guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book follows him through the years of his career, and also focuses on the impact of the art on museum guests, as well as on Bringley himself.
Patrick Bringley narrates his own story; I loved hearing it in his voice.
Patrick Bringley narrates his own story; I loved hearing it in his voice.
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inspiring
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