carnegie museum of art

this was our first trip. there's something really wonderful about pittsburgh's art museum. usually i tell people that i just feel really "healthy" when i'm at the carngie museum. i think it's because i feel independent there, i feel free, i think that i am doing something that is good for me. i think this museum has become a part of my identity in some ways, my mom used to take my brother and i there at least every month for most of our childhood. whether it was the dinosaurs, the art, or the hall of minatures, i feel like myself when i am there.

i know pittsburgh is sort of like your not-as-cool-friend who you don't always want to take out with you and show off, who you might be sort of embarassed by, but you love more than your shiny, pretty friends. but the carnegie museum of art in pittsburgh is wonderful. i'm pretty proud of it, really. something i love about this museum is that since it's not some big huge cool super popular museum, you get a lot of pretty well known arts, but with the not-as-well known paintings. most of the paintings that i wanted to chose for this post, were impossible to find on the internet. also, there are some not as well known artists, who are really wonderful. if you go, i would suggest bringing a lot a piece of paper and a pencil. keep notes of artists you like and might want to look into more!

this is a klimt painting. it's much better in real life. like most paintings. i like the texture. i like the colors. i like how everything is pretty green, but somehow you can distinguish between the different layers. i like the detail. i like how small the brush strokes are. kind of like pointalism, only not. i like the constrast of the grey, atmospheric sky and the kind of straight, rigid green trees/flowers.

laurie and i met a very nice security guard there. he went to central catholic. we bought him a cookie. and he was nice. and cute. and i love pittsburgh.