Blog Post 2

This past week I attended the MOMA with some of my old friends from high school. Although I was a bit out of my element, it was cool seeing the many art pieces that the museum had to offer, but I felt that at times when I was actually trying to be serious and observe some of the things my friends would make jokes that would cause me to laugh and probably disturb the other people that were in there. It was so cool to be able to see more modern art, it wasn’t like the Brooklyn Museum so much because in that one it was SUPER quiet. We weren’t allowed to touch anything and I felt scared to even cough. although I’m not saying that in the Moma we were allowed to yell but there was a certain type of freedom. It was cool to see old art as well, there was a gallery collection from the 1880s to the 1950s one of them being Van Gogh’s starry night! I’m not too sure if it was the real one but it was crazy because I remember always learning and reading about it in elementary school. For some reason my art teacher at that time loved talking about that specific art piece and explained how it was based off of van Gogh’s observations, memories, thoughts and emotions on not only his life but what he sees in the world’s natural state (Don’t know why I’m able to still remember that). So to be able to see that in real life got me super excited and that’s being inside a museum! It really taught me to appreciate things that we learn not only in school but just things that people really enjoy and who knows maybe some part of you would like it too. I’m not an art fanatic now, but I now know a little bit as to why some people are very serious about this work.