I car camped in the parking lot at the Norwalk Green line station. I had articles to read for my museum studies course. I had downloaded them to my desktop. I read through them and finished the last article right when my lap top ran out of juice. Lucky. I then got on the train and that was a smooth and quick ride. Lucky again.
I walked all the way to the north campus Art's library to write my one page response. I couldn't seem to connect to the internet. I tried and tried, but failed. I needed to email myself the paper so I could print it out in the library. I sort of started freaking in my mind. Our class was meeting at the
Hammer for a panel discussion with employees of the museum. I need to head out since it was quite a walk to the site.
It turns out that a switch on my computer was off. So I printed out my paper and walk-trotted to the Hammer.
This is the picture on the website.(above)
This is the picture that I took below . . .
They were all interesting people. They were so engaged in their work and the museum. It felt good. They stressed that, if the museum life is what we wanted , the most important thing that we could do was to see every single exhibit in town and visit every single gallery. To attend events like openings and cafe happenings and such. They stressed that it has to be our social life. They suggested that we should take fine art courses to better understand art. It is a field where you need to be out in the world.
Oh darn. That sounds like I might
have to have some fun to further my career. I might have to get a good haircute and some nice clothes (to go out in). I will need the clothes for interviews too. Oh, and the field requires for most . . . alot of travel.
Oh darn. I guess I
need to take that trip next summer (2009) to Spain and Morocco. Life is so tough these days ;) Sometimes, I wonder if I am going to be caught having so much fun. Will they ever catch on?
The Alhambra in Granada, Spain (above)
Morocco (below)
Somehow, this inspired me tremendously. It justified all of my "selfish" cravings. It justified my interests. It seems a little like a dream come true.
The best thing is that they meant what they said. This
is essential if I want a career in the field. These are things that I need to do if I am serious. This is the best news ever. It makes me happy.
I am so anxious to get started. It is direction. It is keeping me on my path. Also we were alerted to possible internships we could apply for at the Hammer.
Also this week the thesis finally is coming together. I finally feel like a have some real meat to grab onto. This is good news too. ***Inspiration***
After the Hammer, I rushed to my 3pm History of Spain and Portugal class. I didn't think that I was going to make it, but I jumped on the campus shuttle with Sarah Jane and I arrived maybe 1 minute late. It was all fun and chocolate (thanks to Ioana).
I now need to get on with things to do things to do, a)4 articles on Mamluk Cairo are in my future b) some quick research on possible research paper topics for the same class. This might sound like a drag, but I this is all for my favorite class, so I'm good :)
