The Marian Goodman Gallery of New York City is currently hosting a Gerhard Richter show with a series of oil paintings called 911. Gerhard Richter is a painter who is revolutionary in the same way that Jackson Pollack was for the arts. Pollack began using a drip and splatter technique and at the time, this had never been seen before. In the same way, when Richter unveiled his first paintings, the artistic scene was in awe. He used a technique that smudged and blurred the oil paint colors that he used on the canvas.

  Last week, I ventured to the New York Historical Society Museum where they were having a special exhibit on Abraham Lincoln in New York. I was surprised to see so many artifacts in display from Lincoln's time that still looked intact. It was great to see how one of the greatest presidents in American history had so much influence and events that occurred right here in our city. The place where Lincoln said his Cooper Union speech still exists, and I've actually passed by it on my way to St. Mark's place.

Last week, I went to go see the film Precious. Before last week, I had no idea what the movie was nor did I know what it was about. However, Stephanie brought the idea up to go watch it along with Natasha. The three of us walked to the theater to watch Precious which was featured in Sundance, Toronto and Cannes Film Festivals. It won many awards and was based on a novel titled Push.