Three Things: Gettin’ Outta Dodge Edition

As the madness of the final-week-of-holiday-shopping crushes upon us, I increasingly find myself fighting one single urge: gettin’ outta Dodge. Luckily for me, our family’s annual Christmas celebrations qualify as just such an escape, so I only have a few more days to hold out for salvation.

Hopefully your holiday plans will be just as restorative. If not, you’ve got a few more months yet to plan your own wintry escape. This week, take some inspiration from these three folks performing their very own (dramatic) exits. Farewell, 2011!*

Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, da Vinci’s Wings, 1998. Photograph. www.parkeharrison.com 

Edward Gorey, After Federojenska did a grand jeté into the wings one matinee and was never seen again, Maud took over Oiseau de Glace to great acclaim, illustration for The Gilded Bat, 1966. Pen and ink. Collection of The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust.

Tamara de Lempicka, Auto-Portrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti), 1925. Oil on wood panel. Private collection.

* This is the last Three Things of 2011, as we’ll be “outta Dodge” next week. We’ll be back to normal starting January 2nd, 2012.