[SDNTE: Unknowingly asked homeless man for directions to entrance of Olympic Sculpture Park. Worked out rather well considering they do have a quite detailed knowledge of the park system for obvious reasons.]
// While trying to connect with the stares of the intense characters of Gabriel von Max in dim lighting, I was easily distracted by a voice of a Houston man that managed to talk to every visitor in the gallery in the span of 15 minutes. Thus, I managed to learn everything about his feelings while his wife read the museum captions via monocle of each painting without ever actually looking at the painting. Completely ironic considering the fact that she by passed his famous painting entitled Monkeys as Judges of Art.
// Heckled solo performance by lead singer of Say Hi at the Crocodile. Scene played out like a prepubescent talent show failure met by angry drunkards at a western saloon. Rather oddly, his act was followed by emerging diverse heavy-instrumental Seattle indie- sextet Grand Hallway followed by Wye Oak. Quite the combination.
//Notice the extreme contrast between renderings of Western America by the Hudson River School artist Gifford to photographer Darius Kinsey. Does it create a since of irony seeing that we are now historically appreciating both while the deforesting continues? Also, notice Gifford's pencil marks in the Bay of Tacoma- Puget Sound and smile because you appreciate the pencil marks for the painting's perfection while still being flawless.
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| "Crossing" Spike Mafford, Seattle Art Museum |
Olympic Sculpture Park
Frye Museum (free, also has free tours/lectures)
Seattle Art Museum (entry to Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park included, free book on Seattle's public art available at front desk with ticket purchase)
Sanford Robinson Gifford
Asian Art Museum (take 10 bus from downtown to Capitol Hill, 2.25, stop for coffee along the way with a reboard with a transfer)
Tadashi Nakayama
The Crocodile (home to emerging Seattle bands, recently renovated, go early & score balcony seat near bar)
Grand Hallway (better live than record)
Wye Oak
Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar (great mussels in garlic broth, outdoor seating & good bar)
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