{"id":405,"date":"2007-06-28T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2007-06-28T07:00:17","modified_gmt":"2007-06-28T14:00:17","slug":"were-thinking-of-buying-tickets-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"we’re thinking of buying tickets to hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a little culture starved around here, snug within the benign mycelium of silicon valley. Granted, if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d just know where to look around here, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d find something interesting on exhibit. But the truth is that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just acheing to go to a fussy art museum where I can feel the music of terrazzo under my feet and experience air conditioning without a trace of retail and ride that fabulous chase from security guard to security guard, close behind Chas, always on the fringe of expulsion as he tries to weave fast arcs around freestanding sculptures. Art is, after all, mostly about the personal experience<\/a> one has with the piece, and with Chas there is no exception. He loves sculpture, it FASCINATES him to discover giant colorful pillars shooting from the ground or brushed-steel geometry shining in the sun. OH! The joy! Must scream and run circles around them all!<\/p>\n

There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one exhibit in particular that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m planning on taking them to see sometime soon, the Matisse exhibit<\/a> at the SFMOMA. Ford is a collage guru and I figure it might provide a springboard for translating some of his 2D work into a new dimension; specifically, creating something 3-dimensional that his younger brother might be tempted to play with (especially if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s made of paper or papier-mache). But again, really, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just sad that we haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been able to go for so long, for fear that we might die during the struggle to patiently corral our children politely through a quiet space for art.<\/p>\n

I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more important that they experience art from a very young age for several reasons. First, I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fun for them to see how some people have translated emotions or themes into art. Secondly, I like for them to understand the value and purpose behind the art process. Thirdly, I want them to grow to respect the work of others as well as their own art, because the enduring value of art is that it has the power to change the future in many ways: it can alter a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s perspective, create controversy, quiet a restless mind, you get the idea. Lastly, I want them to evolve quickly within the rigid confines of the art museum institution so that they naturally respect that paticular environment as they would a shrine, an that is mostly because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d LIKE TO ENJOY THE MUSEUM, TOO. <\/p>\n

So, this weekend I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve requested we pay the MOMA a visit, take our chances, hope for the best. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a book I heard about that recommends certain tips for taking 5 year-olds and older children to the museum, How to talk to children about art:<\/a> is the title. As an art teacher, I feel qualified enough to come up with my own suggestions (which, in all it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s conceit, is actually true) but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still curious about what it has to say and am ordering it anyway. <\/p>\n

Wish us luck! Double that for the MOMA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a little culture starved around here, snug within the benign mycelium of silicon valley. Granted, if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d just know where to look around here, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d find something interesting on exhibit. But the truth is that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just acheing to go to a fussy art museum where I can feel the music of terrazzo under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3,11,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chas","category-daily","category-exploring","category-thinking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stephs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}