Thoughtful reaction to traveling immersive Van Gogh exhibit, which I haven't seen

[Tanuki]

Last edited Tue Sep 28, 2021, 02:01 PM - Edit history (1)

"Don't yuck someone else's yum."

(Scroll the Thread):

Link to tweet

[cilla4progress]

1. Hmmm....

interesting...and sadly pathetic.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. No, sorry. I saw it and it's a wonderful experience. yes, they hawk the hell out of it

but don't knock it. You have to be there and see people and kids across the spectrum sitting and watching open-mouthed. Larisa can go suck an egg.

[Tanuki]

3. Did you read the thread?

[CurtEastPoint]

4. OOPS! I read the rest. Larisa, don't go suck an egg. Thank you!

ANYTHING that whets people's appetite for art is good!

[chia]

5. It took me a long time to work up the courage to walk into my first art museum...

I walked up and down the sidewalk, thinking how I didn't belong there, and I was middle-aged - old enough to know better. I didn't know anything about art, I wasn't raised in an artistic household, all I had was a spark that had been lit by someone I knew who was an artist. I felt like the minute I walked through that door, there would be a neon arrow pointing down at me everywhere I walked, marking me as a poser (in my world, we use the urban dictionary spelling). I had to remind myself that no one would actually even notice me at all to get up the courage to finally walk through those doors.

A year or two later, the next time I walked into an art museum, it was a major one in a major city, and I stayed for 5 hours, entranced.

If this exhibit brings people to art and artists that may not have encountered them any other way, then good.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Phoenix61]

6. I've got a ticket to go to it in Birmingham

and am very much looking forward to it. I love museums but this seems like a cool, fun thing to do.

[applegrove]

7. We were the rare people sitting on chairs as the projectors playing the moving (and moving)

paintings. If someone was right in front of us we could just look on the floor to see the exhibit. I was floating on air for hours after the exhibit. Dopamine high for sure. Very well done.