artemis had a two week (spring) break from biology. i was able to persuade the teen to accompany me to visit the
national gallery of art to experience the
alexander calder exhibit in person.
this was no small undertaking for me. i don't feel comfortable in big cities. i have difficulty navigating - either walking or diving - and i easily get disoriented. things feel
too much and more than i can handle.
but i was brave and determined. i had an experienced d.c. explorer and metro traveler at my side. we made it there and back and actually enjoyed ourselves along the way.
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| view through my sunglasses and the metro window. the colors were even more vivid than my camera could capture |
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| artemis was so cold on this windy day |
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| calder permanent installation in the east building's central court atrium |
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| it's a 76-foot long mobile |
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| 13 panels, 12 arms, 920 pounds |
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| "capricorn" by max ernst |
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| the faces & poses make me smile |
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| there are actual poppies in anselm kiefer's lead and glass sculpture "angel of history" |
a friend suggested i take time to experience
leo villreal's "multiverse" light sculpture. it's got a moving walkway (and my accommodating teen, when i'm very lucky!)
within
the calder exhibit:
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| "crinkly worm" |
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| "rearing stallion" |
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| david smith's "circle" |
andy goldsworthy's "roof" drew us both in"
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| within the book area in the gift shop |
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| back to the lights |
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my next first album cover |
back to the stone hives
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| we'll go there on another day |
