Barefoot

...in bed, I cannot but continue making more lists.

The truth is, I have always loved list-making. It is so futile and yet entertaining. So I wrote some more lists:

10 most extraordinary books:

1. Djuna Barnes: Nightwood (Yömetsä)
2. John Fowles: A Maggot (Ilmestys)
3. John Irving: The World According to Garp (Garpin maailma)
4. Yevgeny Yevtusenko: Ardabiola
5. Gore Vidal: Myra Breckinridge
6. Malcolm Bradbury: Rates of Exchange (Vaihtokurssit)
7. Mihail Bulgakov: Master i Margarita (Saatana saapuu Moskovaan)
8. Alberto Moravia: Desideria
9. Albert Camus: L'Etranger (Sivullinen)
10. Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale (Orjattaresi)
11. Franz Kafka: Die Verwandlung (Muodonmuutos)

10 favourite artists:

1. Fra Angelico --> at wiki; --> my favourite piece
2. Georgia O'Keeffe --> the museum; especially --> the flowers and --> the skulls
3. Giorgione, especially --> La Tempesta (c. 1505)
4. Giovanni Bellini
5. Piet Mondrian
6. Mark Rothko --> description; --> introduction
7. Kiki Smith --> introduction
8. Niki de Saint Phalle --> at wiki --> official website
9. Jeff Koons --> official website --> the exhibition at Berlin Guggenheim I visited in 2000
10. Constantin Brancusi --> especially the "bird in space" works, abstract beauty materialized

10 favourite Finnish artists:

1. Kari Cavén
2. Marjatta Tapiola
3. Wäinö Aaltonen
4. Marie Brask
5. Outi Pieski
6. Martti Aiha
7. ...

10 favourite composers:

1. Claude Debussy
2. Nikolai Rimski-Korsakoff
3. Einojuhani Rautavaara
4. Jean Sibelius
5. Frederic Chopin
6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
7. Johann Sebastian Bach
8. ...

10 all-time favourite shoes:

1. brown summer sandals by Bruno Magli
2. silver and gold summer flats by Bruno Magli
3. polka dot heels by Charles Jourdan
4. my new black Dumond suede embroidered boots
5. chestnut brown ankle boots I bought from a shop called Nectarine
6. brown laced pumps from Bruno Magli (hard to describe)
7. black and brown checkered suede pumps from YSL
8. the too small burgundy suede mary janes pumps I got when I was maybe 10 yrs old for school spring party - I got sores all over and could never really wear them ever, yet was happy to find a colour matching my dress - my mother and I had to search all the shoe stores in Lahti, my hometown at the time
9. the Estonian shoes
10. the blue silk shoes by Bruno Magli