Museum Madness

I love having two day weekends. It reminds me a lot of being in school, where you have those two days of freedom to relax and hang out with your friends an family. They haven't been too frequent in my life since I've been out of school, but lately they have been a regular part of my schedule (with a few exceptions).

One thing that sometimes bothers me, though is when one of those days kind of goes to waste. I don't mind having those days where you sit around at home and relax, as long as they're somewhat productive. I can't stand those days where you sit and do nothing, nada, zilch. They kind of put me a bad mood, and I start getting frantic because there is nothing to do, or I just can't figure out what to do. Unfortunately, my friday was one of those days. But, today definitely made up for it!

Refusing to be glued to my bed and/or couch, I decided to hang out with my mom today. We went to go visit the Glenbow Museum to see a few exhibitions that are going on. Right now they have an exhibit by Brian Eno called 77 Million Paintings. It was definitely not what I was expecting at all. I was expecting, literally, 77 million paintings. Instead there was a stunning, dark room with multiple cozy sofas facing a curious cluster of what seemed like illuminated canvas paintings. In front of these paintings were two piles of...I want to say sand, but it was like large flaky sand. Almost something you might use as kitty litter. All of this was accompanied by a relaxing ambient soundtrack. Anyway, the "illuminated canvases", which I soon realized were a sort of LCD screen, started to change, but they changed in a way that you would barely notice. The colour, the pattern, the shape, all would change over a span of a few seconds. It was so seamless, it would take you by surprise. There were moments where I was like, "Whoa! those lines weren't there a second ago!". It was so crazy.

There were also a bunch of amazing paintings in other exhibits. One was of a collection of historical art, paintings of portraits, landscapes, and animals framed in beautiful ornate frames. And another exhibit with these GIANT landscapes that you feel you could just walk into. They were incredible. And of course, we saw all the Asian and North American artifacts, which were pretty cool as well.

After soaking in all the beautiful artwork, I started to get inspired and got myself thinking, "What if I put on a gallery show?". It would be so cool! I would just get a bunch of my artsy fartsy friends to work around a theme, and put on a small public art show. In this city, there needs to be more art, and there are lots of younger people that are struggling to share their work. Plus, I think the public would like to see more little independent shows. I'm definitely thinking about it, so I hope I can get something up and running! I look forward to the future...