Fezzik In Paris

One might be inclined to believe that Monnaie de Paris, located in the building that still houses half of the French mint (the actual production facility was moved outside of Paris a few decades ago, thus leaving the design studio) would be home to a museum about manufacturing coins, complete with a description of the proofing process, a bit of information on how the base materials arrive, and a variety of coin presses.

One would be wrong.

Or rather, one would be right, but not until late 2017, so that instead of the anticipated permanent exhibit on the fabrication of coins for circulation as currency, one would instead wind up walking through an art exhibition entitled Brut(e), featuring large plates of steel, I-beams, rats, goldfish, rolled metal logs that are supposed to have religious connotations, a Typar carpet, and sunflower seeds.

Neither of us could explain why, but it was strangely engaging.

It’s the lovely église Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois.

Le pont des Arts, looking much better now that heavy-duty plexiglass has been put in place to prevent the accumulation of love locks.

Mandatory buoy picture.

I’m not saying that I have seen this before, but it feels a touch cliché.

They’re alive.

Easels?

Quoting Bullet With Butterfly Wings here would also be cliché.

A sleepy metal cylinder.

The text on the door said something about an apostle or two. I genuinely don’t know.

The pink paint was completely unexpected.

Heavy.