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Minneapolis Institute of Art: Part 1

Published on by Jenna Hutson3 Comments

You know how some days you wake up and you just feel like the day is not going to go your way, that was TODAY… bullshit and nonsense, I do NOT need right now. I have a life to build here, little busy.

I’m still adjusting to the slight time difference between Seattle and Minneapolis (2 hours) and I woke up late… I hate waking up late… I’m an obligate morning person and anything past 9am feels like I’m being cheated out of my morning. Ugh… I woke up at 10:30! Not cool Jenna, not cool! Breakfast felt like lunch, lunch was non-existent! All my food plans, right out the frosty window…

Type- A? Me? Heavens no… why do you ask?

After getting my self back together (deciding to eat both meals), I decided that rather than be angry with myself… I would wander over to the closest museum to lighten the mood. GREAT IDEA.

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I live within 10 minutes of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t really expecting much… I mean, a free museum can’t be THAT big, or have works from some of my favorite artists? Right? HA! Idiot.

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I was blown away. It is 3 floors of non-stop artistic hits, I was/am in love.

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Degas, Picasso, Mondrian, Lichtenstein, Warhol…and Monet. I love Claude Monet and they had 2!

 

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An Evening Moutainscape, 1909 by Marsden Hartley

 

I started with my favorite, Modern Art.

Located on the expansive 3rd floor, I solemnly wandered.

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Frank by Chuck Close

I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of works on display.

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Your Dog, 2002 by Nara Yoshitomo
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Some/One, 2005 by Do-ho Suh
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Tempest in Yellow, 1956 by Dorothea Tanning

I even gasped at the sight of this bust; I’ve never seen Raffaelo Monti in person. Just in pictures. I think his work is astoundingly delicate and ethereal…

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Veiled Lady, 1860 by Raffaelo Monti

With only 30 minutes left until closing time… I quickly snapped a few other shots of things I found visually interesting.

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I’ll have to come back for a better look at the whole collection. I was just so unprepared! Next time I will get up early and let it the art devour my whole day.

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I did squander a few minutes to get in a badass selfie… worth it.

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My Incandescent Crown, 2015 Jenna Hutson

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours; Seattle

Published on by Jenna Hutson3 Comments

After a 8ish month hiatus, I am returning back to the city that I consider home; Seattle. I didn’t really think of Seattle as my home until I left. I originally moved there about 10 years ago with two gentlemen whom I still consider some of my best friends. We came in pursuit of education and adventure… we found it in the diversity of culture and freedom of expression allowed by our new habitat. Coming from a small town where I couldn’t go to a grocery store without having to make polite conversation with at least 5 different people, the anonymity of a big city was a welcomed shadow. I went to college in Seattle. I rented my first real apartment in Seattle. I fell in love in Seattle. In a lot of ways, it is where I’ve defined myself as an adult.ferryview

I left Seattle because of a particularly life altering (bad, horrible, awful, dreadful…insert adjective describing the worst feeling ever) break-up. I needed a change of scenery to distract myself from the pieces of what had fallen apart. So I took a leave of absence from my city. It was a very smart decision and I am glad to have had such a perfect opportunity to find some serenity, but I always knew it was only temporary.

I’ve been back in Seattle for almost a month, but I’m just now starting to feel the beat of city life slide back into my regular rhythm. I like it. I missed it. Although it feels a lot more lonely than it used to, I am so glad to be back.  I cannot wait to see the city with new eyes, find the new avenues of vibrant life among the well worn paths of my history. It’s an inviting journey, and it’s an exciting journey, but mostly it just feels good to be home.