Planning y/our final jaunt

Normal 0 7.8 磅 0 2 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE I want to go to the Penn Museum. Actually, when I chose the universities in high school, one reason that I chose to study in Philly, is the existence of this museum. I was an explainer in the local museum of my city, and because of my interests in history, I knew that there are two important stone horses from Tang Dynasty show in the museum. I see the pictures for more than twenty times, and I really want to meet them face to face. I want to attach my dream time and its remains. Also, I want to use the lens by an explainer in Nanjing Museum to observe the difference of preservation of cultural relics between two cities.

This Sunday, I plan to take the SEPTA train at 12:50, popping over to where it all began (getting off at Suburban). What I've really wanted to do for some time has been to act less like a tourist (going to museums, performances, mosaics, etc.) and just be able to sit and watch people. Therefore, I plan to grab a coffee, make my way over to the love statue, and sit and people watch for about an hour. My goal is to see how all the people in the city come together and break apart, watch the interactions between them, and really get a feel for the city. It will be simple play in the city, a coming full circle of sorts. After that, I will walk to Anne's house.

Alternatively, if it does rain/snow as the weather report currently indicates, I'll stay inside the coffeeshop so as not to freeze to death.

I am thinking of going to a few places, but I haven't decided which one I want to go to yet. I was thinking Harry's Occult Shop would be pretty interesting. I also thought the Philadelphia oddities page looked interesting, but I wasn't sure where to get information about the location and stuff from. Going to the art auction would have been super fun but it's a little bit too far to manage to stay for a good amount of time. I was also looking at the Joseph Fox Bookshop on South Street, which looks interesting. I think what I might do is explore around South Street, since there are cafés with a pretty big art scene there, like Milk & Honey and the Bean Café.

I plan to visit the dream garden and explore the mural arts in the city. As an art form, mural art is special. I plan to take the tour “love letter” at Market Street on this Saturday. Trying to accept the idea of Barnes, I will play believing games in viewing the mural art and dream garden. I want to compare it with the mosaic by Isaiah Zagar and find the connections. By collaging the pieces collectively, these special arts are not those delicate and priceless paintings hanging in the museum, but a magic expression, which can intimately attract people’s attention. So, what educational aspects can I get from mural mosaics through comparing these arts with the portraits in Barnes? If they belong to art, so what is "art"?

A few weeks ago I found out that one of my favorite bands, Cults, would be performing in Philly.  After looking into the show, I discovered it was at the beginning of December, perfect timing for our final independent trip into the city.  I purchased tickets for their show Thursday, December 5th at Theater of the Living Arts.  The venue is in South Street so I will keep in mind my previous experiences there along with the essay I wrote about the music and art scene.  I plan to take the 6:22 Septa train into Market East tomorrow evening and arrive at Market East and then walk from there.

After watching Rivers and Tides about artist Andy Goldsworthy’s art, I want to explore the themes of rivers, the color red, time, and nature in the context of the city. For my last trip into the city I am planning to go to the Schuylkill River and make art out of “nature” in the style of Andy Goldsworthy’s. Although he only works with material found in nature, I do not think that limits Goldsworthy’s art in a city, “My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.” I am not sure yet if this will be critical or deep play, the movie seemed to lean more towards deep play.

My travel plan is to get on the Septa train at 11:50 and arrive at Suburban Station at 12:16. From there I will walk down the Parkway to the park behind the art museum, and spend about an hour there making the art. Once I am done, I will walk to the front of the museum, and catch the number 38 bus at 2:36 to Chestnut and 9th Street. Then from there I walk to Anne’s house.

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For my last Play in the City outing, I want to go somewhere where I don't feel eyes prying on my every move. I want to be able to go somewhere where I can roam and prance around, not necessarily physically but perhpas prancing around in my thoughts while humming or maybe even singing to songs in my head. I want to be able to see some form of creation with purpose, something sole. I was thinking of walking in on a music venue with live music, but most are open late at night after our final meet. I want to experience art, but less formal and more inviting, more intimate. I'd like to propose going to the Expressive Hand in Philadelphia on 622 S 9th St on Sunday before our big final meeting. I want to be able to create something that reflects my thoughts, something that speaks out to me. It would be a great way to end this journey because rather than observing, I would like to put it all into a piece of pottery and create something by painting my experiences. A moment alone to focus and play with the textures of paint.