Elsa and Chris will wed May 6, 2007 in New York's Riverside Park. Chris is a wonderfully droll fellow whom Elsa adores; everyone is very excited. Mather will be six months old by the time the wedding rolls around so it figures to be her first interstate travel.While the Ransom family is full of artistically inspired individuals, we sometimes fall short of actual artistic talent. Chris brings that in spades. His history includes an important legacy in New York's urban art scene, where he was the primary graffiti artist (and namesake) of the legendary Freedom Tunnel (he tagged under the moniker "Freedom"). His work in the Amtrak train tunnel, which runs under Riverside Park, includes this self portrait, a disturbed Mona Lisa (since partially painted over), and a Venus de Milo. Perhaps his masterwork was a full subway car rendering of the Sistine Chapel's famous hands, a photo of which is in MOMA's collection.
Chris joined us in Vermont and has gracefully put up with our usual family bickering, my father's Opera obsession (we drove halfway across Vermont in fading light so Dad could make it to a local production of il Trovatore), and trickiest of all, my sister.They are very happy. I couldn't be happier for them.
Congratulations to Chris and Elsa.
4 comments:
awwwwww ....
hey, wait a minute, what was that last bit about?
Well, I had to include some sort of dig, or it wouldn't seem genuine.
To whom it may concern,
Mr. Pape has asked me if it is possible that he be referred to as the fellow with the "rapier like wit"
in upcoming bios. He feels that he was only droll
from 1978 to 1982. Thanks so much!
Sally Dinker
Assistant to Mr. Pape
cc: Mather Ransom
cc: Jerry Mather
cc: Mather O'Factly
i'm shedding tears of funniness, and now everyone at work thinks i'm sad. thanks sally dinker!
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