Art

I went to the Art Institute of Chicago this weekend. Not being a huge art fanatic, I wasn't overtly excited or anything to be there. Things were fine to look at, though. There were fun looking machines in the corners of rooms, though, that were recording the temperature and humidity of the rooms. I felt a bit rediculous enjoying the scientific machine more than the art, but whatever.

There was one thing there I really really liked. Go here to see it: http://www.afterimagegallery.com/blind.htm
The quality isn't the best, but it gets the point across.

Everyone I've shown it to is really creeped out by it, but I really like it. It's titled "The Blind Musician" by Linda Connor. It's a photograph of an Indian man playing some instrument. What I love is how, from far away, he appears to be immersed in his music, with eyes closed, focusing on the sound. But when you get close, you see his eyes are really wide open, but he's completely blind. The combination of the two just strikes me as something incredibley beautiful. I love it.