Matisse sculpture
Originally uploaded by beancounter
My birthday present was a trip to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. We joined a tour group and learned a little about the museum's permanent collection, including this Matisse sculpture.
The highlight of my kid's day (I think - we'll have to wait until she comments to confirm this) happened when we were on the 4th floor looking at a visiting collection. We were standing in a shallow alcove, near what looked like elevator buttons. She pressed a button that said "In Use". We heard the sound of whirring machinery. Uh-oh. We walked with dignified haste in separate directions. A few minutes later, Bunny came up to me, her eyes huge, and pulled me by my elbow back to the alcove. Sure enough, the alcove had been a gigantic service elevator, and the whole bloody wall had disappeared, and we were left staring into an open elevator car filled with packing boxes. We looked around, but no docents were loping across the gallery yet to tell us off. Bunny hit the "close" button and we strolled away again.
No biggie. I say, if you're going to explore your world, you have to take some chances.
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