I love art museums. Growing up in New York City, the MET was the museum to visit. Enduring long trips of stop-and-go-wobbly bus rides, trapped with peers and social anxiety, were worth it for a visit to the MET (the Metropolitan Museum of Art). I’d skip up the stairs as fast as I could, to reach the grand colonnaded entrance on top. I just wanted to get inside, get lost, and let my curiosity guide me as I wandered from painting to painting, gallery to gallery.
Speaking to my soul, Elizabeth. We share a similar aesthetic. The paintings and rooms you selected are some of my favourites too. I would spend hours here happily. I was a walk away, however, not a bus ride.
Later, I would bring my kids here. They loved the armory section downstairs, and the greek statues and the American Garden.
“Attempting to stand in the artist’s shoes, I press play on the paused moment they captured in time, and experience the scene they’ve created for us.”
*chefs kiss*
Like Van Gogh, Degas, and Monet, you’re a skilled painter with both, paint and words, giving us a vivid portrait of the MET and the immersive experience within it.
& channeling your best Patti Smith, we love to see it.
Wow! Viewing a museum through your lens (and beautiful writing) is a next level experience. I never thought about how the room or frames play a part in the overall experience.
MET Musings
Speaking to my soul, Elizabeth. We share a similar aesthetic. The paintings and rooms you selected are some of my favourites too. I would spend hours here happily. I was a walk away, however, not a bus ride.
Later, I would bring my kids here. They loved the armory section downstairs, and the greek statues and the American Garden.
“Attempting to stand in the artist’s shoes, I press play on the paused moment they captured in time, and experience the scene they’ve created for us.”
*chefs kiss*
Like Van Gogh, Degas, and Monet, you’re a skilled painter with both, paint and words, giving us a vivid portrait of the MET and the immersive experience within it.
& channeling your best Patti Smith, we love to see it.
Now take me to the MET!
New life goal unlocked: go to museums with Elizabeth Edwards.
Until then, and I'm sure long after, I'll be enjoying these.
Wow! Viewing a museum through your lens (and beautiful writing) is a next level experience. I never thought about how the room or frames play a part in the overall experience.