re: #720 Sharmuta

You’ve never heard of Hummel figurines? They are based of the drawings of Berta Hummel. I didn’t know much about her either until I decided to pop the back off that frame you can see in my pic. I looked up what I saw- “B. Hummel”, and I didn’t make the connection at first it was the same artist as the famous figurines. I’ll just say- you can learn a lot by popping off the back of old art and looking stuff up on the internet.

I went to a Hummel museum in New Braunsfels, Texas several years ago. I was along for the ride and wouldn’t have chosen to go on my own (my mother collects the things), but it was kind of interesting after all. They showed a film of the nun.

I found it hysterical in About Schmidt, when Jack Nicholson was sitting on top of his motor home with the candles and the Hummels.