Art

Friday morning I got in the car with M and took off to Seattle.  Well, I got in the car a little earlier.  We left at around 10:40, but I had a scheduled interview at 10:30.  I got myself packed and seated, ready for the interview at 10:15 or so.  And then M looked around for a few things and we took off.  I started to grow nervous and uneasy because no one was calling me.  But just as I was breaking into a panic of wondering if I should have called him, I got the call from Arts for All.  This is the AmeriCorps program in Arizona that I am most excited by.  The interview went well, and it prompted my thinking about how much art means to my life.  How I long for creative depths, play, and how I see the value of art in giving confidence, understanding, healing, and so much richness to our lives.  M was off for an interview, so I was dropped off downtown Seattle for a few hours.  Since I had time on my hands and it was a beautiful day....

I walked all around Seattle, a city I have grown to love a lot.  I stumbled upon  Seattle Art Museum, and I was torn with whether I should go to it again.  I still don't have a job, and this felt like a huge extravagance.  I went last year and enjoyed myself immensely.  The exhibit was on Women in Art.  The exhibit right now is Miro, The Art of Seeing.  I hadn't heard of him, but I know very little about art.  After just thinking about art and play, I felt I needed to go inside and explore it again.  I am here, why not?

While I may not have a cultured eye, I thought I would share some of my favorite things.  I obviously could not photograph Miro's work, but I did enjoy the presentation I stepped in on about Miro.  I learned a small bit about his unusual, subjective, surrealistic approach. 

Here are some other things I loved. 

The mouse freaked me out... I am not a big fan of mice.  I worked a couple years as a mouse wrangler, and let's just say, I'm still a bit traumatized.  I loved how it threw me, though.  I was so busy looking at the mouse that I didn't see the bed with a sleeping person.  I was enthralled with all the baskets, just as I had been last time, and this dress made out of cedar...

And this French lady... I loved the roses on her dress, her plain, simple face. 

the history, intricate design, and beauty of the kimonos...

ceramics from a long time ago...

a huge room, inspired by the Porcelain Room in Berlin, contained shelves and shelves of the most delicate, colorful, and interesting porcelain.  I loved the colorful designs most. 

There were also rooms of devotion, and I did not know what to think of many.  Most of them needed more of my time. 

I liked these...

and this one...

I believe that looking at beautiful things is sometimes simply enough.  Right now I am gathering up as many experiences as I can, but truly, that's just how I'm aiming to live my life.  It was a wonderful weekend in Seattle- after the art museum, I stopped for a fish taco in the Market and enjoyed the sunshine.  The rest of the weekend was pizza, Vietnamese out with the family, playing with the kids, watching Disney movie Frozen, and laughing.  I feel grateful that I can enjoy all these people and things so much.