Well, the thing is, I had to write again about the Metropolitan Museum of Art! I just had to! I did write briefly about it in the previous post, as it was indeed one of the highlights of my trip to NY, but it just seamed unfair not to dedicate a complete blog post to it... as there is no doubt in my mind it was so much better than any pair of shoes, even those magnificent Manolo's I found on discount at Barney's and I didn't even try them on due to a rather annoying allergic reaction I had developed since I spent Sunday at Central Park which left me with an elephant foot... just one foot... the right one... oh, well...
So there I was in the best museum I have ever visited in my life! No, it was not just the size of it that overwhelmed me, though truth be told, it is big!! And it was not the amount of people in it, though at 1pm when I arrived on a Tuesday, it was buzzing like a bee hive! And it was not the multiplicity of nationalities. And it was not the incredible variety of collections, both permanent and temporary (the Prada exhibition was amazing...) and it was not the amount of stuff that is accumulated in there from all over the world! And it was not the fact that in every room, in every corner there was something worth photographing and it was not the fact that I was walking around recognising pieces of art I had seen in books and magazines and the TV. It was ALL that that overwhelmed me!
It was the first time in my life, and I will repeat that I have been to the Louvre (twice) and I had not had the same sensation, that I felt like the history of mankind, everything our civilisation has offered in the arts (therefore, our lives!) was there for me to see! That I was having a cultural trip around the planet and I was left so much richer that before! So much beauty accumulated in one place (ok, a huge place...) that eventually brought tears to my eyes! And I will not even begin to describe what I saw as I would not know where to begin with... I will just keep the memories and this longing I have to go back! Soon!!
So there I was in the best museum I have ever visited in my life! No, it was not just the size of it that overwhelmed me, though truth be told, it is big!! And it was not the amount of people in it, though at 1pm when I arrived on a Tuesday, it was buzzing like a bee hive! And it was not the multiplicity of nationalities. And it was not the incredible variety of collections, both permanent and temporary (the Prada exhibition was amazing...) and it was not the amount of stuff that is accumulated in there from all over the world! And it was not the fact that in every room, in every corner there was something worth photographing and it was not the fact that I was walking around recognising pieces of art I had seen in books and magazines and the TV. It was ALL that that overwhelmed me!
It was the first time in my life, and I will repeat that I have been to the Louvre (twice) and I had not had the same sensation, that I felt like the history of mankind, everything our civilisation has offered in the arts (therefore, our lives!) was there for me to see! That I was having a cultural trip around the planet and I was left so much richer that before! So much beauty accumulated in one place (ok, a huge place...) that eventually brought tears to my eyes! And I will not even begin to describe what I saw as I would not know where to begin with... I will just keep the memories and this longing I have to go back! Soon!!
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