However, i was in Flint, Michigan for work the first part of the week and i went the the Flint Institute of Arts after I completed the on-site visit that took me there. I bought a gorgeous handmade craftsman style tile to hang in the living room and a Fordite necklace (i know- super nerd buying 'Detroit agate' jewelry *in* Michigan :) ) and had lunch in their cafe before I had to head to the airport for 8+ hours of waiting, flights and layovers.
Wandering the galleries reminded me why i love art. It's an escape, a testament to the innovation and creativity of people, an attempt to communicate, to tell a story, to capture a moment in time forever, and it makes me look at the world with different eyes. Looking at the Inuit art, the African masks, the Renaissance paintings, the Baroque tapestries, the Tiffany window.. they all make me put myself into a different point-of-view. I consider what life was like at that time, for those people, and it boggles my mind sometimes. Like the tapestries- they were MASSIVE- and so detailed and finely woven. How did they do that all by hand, without electricity, without quality controlled dye matching? Ancient and medieval metal smithing is like that too- how in the world did they make *that* with the tools and equipment available... and why can't i be that cool? :)
So, here's some photos from my wanderings- hopefully they will inspire you, even if you're not an artists, to look at things a little differently and to appreciate the amazing things that people have done without smartphones, CAD, programmable kilns, etc. (i wish i could share the smell of the art library that was tucked away in the museum- filled with books on every type of art and every artist imaginable from modern all the way back to ancient, and tons of gilt leather bound books that i had to put my hands in my pockets to keep from fondling)
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