The Met

During the summer of 2005, I visited my sister in New York City. During that time, we visited most of the tourist attractions. We traveled to the Statue of Liberty, climbed to the top of the Empire State Building, went to a Yankee's game, went to a musical, we rode the ferry to Long Island, of course we stopped in at Tiffany's. I was even there for the Fourth of July and was able to watch fireworks shot over the Statue of Liberty. I thought at the time that that was for sure going to be my highlight.

Looking back on the situation, on the last day, I walked over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it wasn't far from where we were staying and the house owners were members so we were admitted free admission. Which at the time was a large incentive to go. Outside the beautiful Met was a large banner featuring the presence of Coco Chanel's collection and history. Me, being a lover of fashion and a follower of designers, was very excited.

Inside was a very tall ceiling, well-dressed tour guides, people from all walks of life and most importantly beautiful artwork. I walked briefly through most of the museum looking for the feature on Coco Chanel. Once I found it, my eyes lit up because. there in front of me were classics of her designs. From the early 1910s to present when another designer had taken over her company.

The presentation that the Met presented was breath taking. It took you back and forth through a leaded maze, glancing to the left, glancing to the right. At that moment, I was inspired and grateful. Presented were her gowns, jewelry, shoes and more. It continued for quite a long time and the passer Byers were crowding the more influential exhibits.

After glazing through the amazing displays, the maze led us to the gift shop, which at that moment I bought a very expensive book on Chanel. I left the museum and later that day flew home to Oregon. The book that I purchased was quite heavy so I kept it out of my suitcase, in fear of having my luggage weigh more than 50 pounds. On the fight, I could not stop reading and looking through the book that I had purchased and knew that I wanted to keep clean.

From that trip in 2005 to today, I left the Metropolitan Museum of Art inspired and fulfilled. If I lived in NYC, I would too become a member and visit often. Art is very powerful, and as I said in my first post, art is everywhere and art is beautiful. That is how I feel, whether it is fashion or printing, expression is the key to happiness. The feeling that I found in New York I will continue to find every time I open that book.