The Gates in NYC.
Today was the last day to see Christo's Gates in Central Park. Check out www.christojeanneclaude.net. And it was a beautiful day. Gal pal #6 and I hopped on the NJtransit and then hopped on the subway headed uptown to view the gates. We started at 106 st., when I came up from out of the subway station I was looking away from the park, when I looked towards the park and saw the gates, my heart skipped a beat. No, really it did sometimes I get heart palpitations. Any way the excitement was so great I unknowingly let out a yelp. After being an artist for so long I am still surprised when something takes my breathe away. It was truly a surreal experience for me, at times I felt like I was floating through Central Park. Some will disagree, but I felt that viewing the gates was a great experience. Some of my friends poked fun at the gates, I am not a total priss, some things that were said was funny. But the bottom-line is I know what ART is. And no matter how simple, meaningless, or silly a certain piece of art is or may seem, it is still art. By definition art is beautiful, or thought-provoking, or something created by human endeavor (the gates was all that and thensome) ... blah, blah, blah... I just want to say don't miss another great experience because you are not open-minded.
posted by 6Pack Adventurer at 7:30 PM
1 Comments:
Damn! What a life! I found this blog and really enjoyed reading it. I guess because I'm a boring, 30-something mom whose party days are waaaay over, I like the idea of living vicariously through the accounts of the nights (and early mornings) out on the town. And this post about The Gates was food for thought...I gotta admit I thought of the Gates as a pointless, overblown spectacle. But your description of how positive it was to you made me realize that art really is different things to different people, and that art is never pointless as long as it reaches somebody, somewhere. Your comment about missing out on things through closed-mindedness was a great thought as well. Made me stop and consider what I might miss if I'm not careful. I like your writing style and I had fun reading your posts. Just thought I'd let you know -- Chris
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