Artful Things
Last Friday, I bought some posters in an effort to decorate my room. After eating with Alvin and Jen at the Cheesecake Factory, we walked over to Valley Fair and into a poster shop to look at some artful things and whatnot. After looking through some of the stuff they had there, I came across a poster that had all of the major buildings in each of the major US cities. Shown side by side from the West Coast to the East, they had everything from the TransAmerica pyramid in SF to the Empire State Building in NY (with the ghostly double column of light in the background where the Twin Towers has stood). I bought this one.
Another one that I liked (and also bought), was a satellite photo of the earth, with the projection splayed out into a rectangular format. It's interesting to see how green certain parts of the world are while some of it is so stark and barren. Personally, I think its a work of art in itself.
There were some that I liked but did not get for one reason or another. One was a satellite photo of downtown SF. It shows all of the major buildings in the financial district plus part the waterfront along the Embarcadero. Now, why didn't I get this poster? Although Pac Bell Park is in the photo, at the time that this snapshot was taken, it is under construction. So instead of seeing a nice green carpet of grass in with the rest of everything being concrete and asphalt, you see a lot of dump trucks and a lot of tracks made by them. @#%&!!! What an eyesore!
Another poster that almost made its way out the door with me was one of an architectural drawing of the Golden Gate Bridge. I've been looking for this thing for a LONG time. So, why didn't I get it? It was too danged expensive for such a small poster! I guess I'll wait and see if the price goes down.
In the back corner of the poster shop, they had some paintings. There was one that I really liked. It was a picture of a man in a tux ballroom dancing with a lady in a white evening dress. I wonder why I like it so much? Maybe its the soft lighting that the painter put in. Maybe it's the structure of the man and the lady. Perhaps its the very image of it that speaks to me. I don't know. Somehow, I'm given to the conclusion that there's more here than I realize.
Last Friday, I bought some posters in an effort to decorate my room. After eating with Alvin and Jen at the Cheesecake Factory, we walked over to Valley Fair and into a poster shop to look at some artful things and whatnot. After looking through some of the stuff they had there, I came across a poster that had all of the major buildings in each of the major US cities. Shown side by side from the West Coast to the East, they had everything from the TransAmerica pyramid in SF to the Empire State Building in NY (with the ghostly double column of light in the background where the Twin Towers has stood). I bought this one.
Another one that I liked (and also bought), was a satellite photo of the earth, with the projection splayed out into a rectangular format. It's interesting to see how green certain parts of the world are while some of it is so stark and barren. Personally, I think its a work of art in itself.
There were some that I liked but did not get for one reason or another. One was a satellite photo of downtown SF. It shows all of the major buildings in the financial district plus part the waterfront along the Embarcadero. Now, why didn't I get this poster? Although Pac Bell Park is in the photo, at the time that this snapshot was taken, it is under construction. So instead of seeing a nice green carpet of grass in with the rest of everything being concrete and asphalt, you see a lot of dump trucks and a lot of tracks made by them. @#%&!!! What an eyesore!
Another poster that almost made its way out the door with me was one of an architectural drawing of the Golden Gate Bridge. I've been looking for this thing for a LONG time. So, why didn't I get it? It was too danged expensive for such a small poster! I guess I'll wait and see if the price goes down.
In the back corner of the poster shop, they had some paintings. There was one that I really liked. It was a picture of a man in a tux ballroom dancing with a lady in a white evening dress. I wonder why I like it so much? Maybe its the soft lighting that the painter put in. Maybe it's the structure of the man and the lady. Perhaps its the very image of it that speaks to me. I don't know. Somehow, I'm given to the conclusion that there's more here than I realize.
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