A Day at the Museum

"I'm a Survivor"

My eyes tell a story
from a life of many years;
A tale with deep meaning,
but is landing on deaf ears

The wrinkles on my face
come from many smiles and frowns;
mostly from troubled times,
times that'd bring most people down

Would your life be different
if you knew my story well?
if you felt my sorrows
and experienced my hell?

Was my life lived in vein?
or will someone out there see
the lessons to be learned
from an old woman like me?

Take a minute, sit down
you just listen while I talk
before my time runs out
and I take the Northern walk

Because I'm a survivor.

"I went to the Polk Museum of Art and stayed for at least forty minutes." My favorite part about the museum was by far the student gallery. I can't believe some of the talent that these high schoolers have! I was absolutely blown away. There were photographs, sketches, paintings, and 3-D models, and all of them were spectacular. I love how the pieces showed what our youth are thinking. They got to express themselves and use their painting as their voice to the public. Some wanted to tell us about their pain, some about happiness, some about poverty, and some just wanted to show their creativity. It was very encouraging to see the talent of our generation.

There were some other exhibits as well; the new exhibit was one of the Japanese culture. The paintings were really cool. Most of them had explanations underneath them to explain why the painter added certain objects to the painting, or dressed the women a certain way. I learned a little bit about the Japanese culture just from reading the description under the paintings. They also had some of the embroidered clothing that the Japanese men and women wore. They were hand made and beautiful.

Another exhibit had pottery and other 3-D art from all over the world. It was kind of cool to see how the art differed from country to country. At first it was hard to tell the differences, but once I stayed in there for a little but longer, I started paying attention to the detail and sizes of the art.

Overall, I had a good visit. I stayed for about an hour and it was nice to get off campus for class. I enjoyed this trip and am looking forward to some more!