Alas, no photography allowed :(
Today we went to the Orlando Museum of Art. J's been wanting to go for some time and we finally got around to it.
Boy was it disappointing. They've got nothing on Chicago!
J was so mad. He didn't want to see art he could make himself! (his words) He wanted to see the old stuff! (as in really old, where the artist is dead, OLD) I kind of had to chuckle. I did explain that some of the works here were by artists that had passed away some time ago. But he wasn't interested in landscapes, and he said the portraits were creepy. Their eyes follow you around! So what does he think OLD art is, I wonder? :P
We did get to see an exhibit of Norman Rockwell. I loved every bit of it! I really enjoyed seeing his orginal full-sized works and then the covers of the magazines as they chose what to publish. Fascinating stuff, and a little saddening when you realize how much power the media has when it comes to what we actually get to see.
We also ran across an early "coffee mug" made by the Anasazi of Colorado. Made between 900 and 1000 AD, they were in really great shape. I love the black/white designs.
After the art museum we popped into the science museum just across the street. They were changing out exhibits so there wasn't anything new to check out. We popped into the hurricane simulator and then went over and uncovered some fossils from the dinosaurs. We were having fun until one of the docents came over and began a lecture on how the earth is 65 million years old and the dinosaurs blah, blah, blah, blah...
We listened politely for about half an hour. He did have some really fascinating stories to tell about Dinosaur Sue and Dinosaur Stan. But when he drifted off into the extinction by meteor thing and started in on the whole 65 million thing again I just couldn't take it anymore. At some point I mentioned that we didn't believe that and that was that. You could tell he really wanted to try to convince us that science was right and the Bible was wrong. But we just smiled and changed the subject and asked some questions to keep the topic elsewhere. Eventually it was time to go and we headed out to grab some lunch.
On the way out Chad asked the kids how old the earth is. J looks up and shakes his head, "well it isn't 65 million years that's for sure". Enough said.
Next week: Museum of Salvador Dali! ooohhh! I hope they allow photos!
About Me
- TheDana
- I am a life artist. I homeschool my kids, scrap, sew, craft, read, and snap pictures all along the way. Creating art is like breathing. I couldn't live without it!
2 comments:
Sounds like J's got his head on straight. Y'all must be doing something right.
Maybe on the next trip north you can travel via Cincinnati and visit the Creation Museum. I haven't been, but I'm told its worth the trip.
I'm planning on taking the kids to Chicago this summer...I'm not sure Seth and Lily would have the attention span for the art museum.
It's sad that so many scholars feel that God and science don't mix. Have you seen the movie "Expelled" with Ben Stein? I watched the trailers and it looks pretty amazing.
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