Journey to Atlanta - Act 2

In Atlanta, Daniel and I spent about three hours at the High Museum.

We couldn't believe that we'd never gone there before, but this time it was a must because of two special exhibits: Salvador Dali and Titian.

Both exhibits were exceptional, especially the Dali paintings and photos. Some of the paintings were simply enormous. What an interesting and eccentric guy he was! And what a painter! Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take any photos in the special exhibits, so I have nothing to share...

However, we took plenty of photos of the amazing buildings and some of the other works of art.

The buildings fascinated us! I love museums where the museum itself is as incredible as the art!

Of their permanent collection, I enjoyed most the contemporary and folk art pieces!

In fact, an unexpected thing happened while looking at some of this inspiring art and reading the stories behind them:

I realized that I am absolutely and undoubtedly an artist as are all of us who express who we are and what we feel through creative endeavors!

Surprisingly, I found again and again that some of my most favorite modern art pieces were by German artists, such as the huge abstract painting below. The cloth-like piece above was made by an artist from Ghana, who creates these traditional looking cloths of the aluminum from liquor bottle caps. It was stunning!

We had some fun with these stacked mirrors.

It became so obvious that art is simply in the eye of not even the beholder, but the one who creates it and has something to express. There were quite a few pieces I could not believe were called art (not the ones below), but there you have it. Someone had something to say and said it through their form of art.

These photos we took on the way out, after we were told we only had another five minutes until closing. We couldn't believe so much time had passed.

We loved the architecture and the art!

Tomorrow, Act 3 of our journey.

You might be wondering if I am painting at all. Absolutely! And soon I'll have something to show you. Also, I've been knitting up a storm and have more to share with you as well... Soon!

I hope you are all doing well and hope to visit your blogs this week!!