Walpurgis Night

[Martha]

Hello all, and a very happy, if slightly belated, new year. I've just 
got back from my new year's holiday, in St Ives (north Cornwall, for 
those who aren't familiar with it), which was wonderful, since you 
ask. I've been going there for the new year celebrations for seven 
years now, and one of the things I make a point of doing every year 
is paying a visit to the St Ives Tate Gallery, which is a lovely art 
gallery right on the beach.

Anyway, this year they were showing an exhibition of work by a 
painter called Alan Davie, and also a bunch of stuff by other 
painters who had inspired him. One of these was Paul Klee, and the 
picture they were showing made me rather excited, since it was 
called "Walpurgis Night". 

You know, like the Knights of Walpurgis?

The old name for the Death Eaters, according to the interview JKR 
gave Jeremy Paxman just before OoP came out?

Well, I found it exciting anyway. :-)

For anyone who's interested, there is an image of the painting and a 
bit of information about it here:

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?
cgroupid=999999961&workid=8142&searchid=4575

The link with HP is probably a coincidence - but I'm certainly going 
to try and find out a bit more about it.

Anyway. How was everyone's new year?

~ Martha, who left Cornwall this morning and is already missing 
pasties... mmmmm... pasties...