Pollock-Krasner House It may not be a national holiday, but today is Jackson Pollock Day for me. Since high school I've wanted to visit his house and studio on Long Island. So today, I embarked on my trip the old-fashioned way, with a map (no GPS), and headed east on Long Island to the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. It was a long drive, I guess vacation traffic. My heart was beating so fast once I saw the sign for the house. It was a deeply moving, emotional experience. I was able to see everything, and just soak it all up. I even had time to sit on the back part of the property and draw a little. I didn't even notice the time until one of the employees came up behind me to tell me they were closing. I talked to her a bit, and she gave me a map to the cemetery where he is buried. She told me I could finish my drawing, but she had to lock up. I completed my drawing and then grabbed a slice of pizza down the road. Afterward, I drove to the cemetery. The cemetery was equally moving. It's a very small, quaint piece of property. The map that I was given marks the plots of Pollock, his wife Lee Krasner, and some other notables. Elaine de Kooning, Alfonso Ossorio, Ad Reinhardt, and Stuart Davis are just some of the artists buried there. I saw some things there I had never seen before. First, most of the markers or tombstones, were not traditional at all. It's something you have to see to really believe or understand. And, visitors to the cemetery place a pebble or rock on the graves they are visiting. It was an awesome day. If you're in the area, I highly recommend going. Regardless of what I've written here, words really can't do justice to the experience. I definitely checked something off of my bucket list today.
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