Public Art

On Friday we walked across The Brooklyn Bridge and had lunch in Brooklyn Bridge Park. We got the idea after reading the buzz about The Waterfalls. Here are the pictures.

After lunch we went to the old Marine Terminal Building to see and play David Byrne's Playing the Building. Byrne was a member of Talking Heads and the guy has created a wide variety of artsy stuff like photographs, opera, and film soundtracks.

Last night on 60 Minutes Andy Rooney did a piece on how he didn't get/like public art. I used to be right there with him looking askance at the metal blob in the court yard wondering why someone put THAT there.

Somehow I've changed. It might have had something to do w/ K's concerts. How was I, an avowed atheist, going to enjoy sacred choral music? The answer was that I had to look past the "Glory to God in the Highest" lyrics and look for something to like. It was easy to find many things, not the least of which was someone's (composer, director, singer) enthusiasm about bringing a performance to the public.

If I start there and then ask myself what they want me to get out of it that's a road of discovery not only about art but about self.

I still have a short attention span and miss a lot but I do have an entree to appreciation.