One of my sisters is currently camping by herself in the Mojave Desert for a month, as part of her doctoral dissertation. Another is evacuating to avoid Hurricane Irma. And I'm about to leave on a book tour...
So my parents and I grabbed a quiet moment and did something close to (my) home: we visited the deCordova Sculpture Park in the rain.
It was lovely to enter other people's ideas for an afternoon. I hope you can find some silliness, imagination, and/or wonder in your day, dear reader :). Here's moonrise over the Mojave Desert to send you on your way:
So my parents and I grabbed a quiet moment and did something close to (my) home: we visited the deCordova Sculpture Park in the rain.
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| Inside Crazy Spheroid -- Two Entrances. That's my actual Dad, with reflections of me and my Mom. |
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| Are You Here? |
| Two Big Black Hearts. |
| Humming. This sculpture looks too soft to be stone. It's mesmerizing, both close up and from a distance. |
| I find this one, called DeCordova Ball, extremely soothing. And then, when we were up on the roof... |
| My mother noticed something. |
| The unmistakable inspiration for DeCordova Ball! |
It was lovely to enter other people's ideas for an afternoon. I hope you can find some silliness, imagination, and/or wonder in your day, dear reader :). Here's moonrise over the Mojave Desert to send you on your way:
| Taken by request Tuesday night by my sister, Codename: Apocalyptica... because my parents, Kevin and I were sitting around wondering what her skies were like out there. |


