Le Grand Palais

Last weekend, Roxana and I went to the Grand Palais to see an exposition of artists of all mediums. It was SO cool to see all of the new, up-and-coming artist of Paris! There were sculptures, watercolors, oil paintings, acrylic paintings, children's art, and more! During the exposition, I took a few pictures of the pieces that I really liked. Some of the artists were there watching people look at their artwork. After taking a picture of a painting, a man started speaking to me in French, asking me what I thought about the painting, where I'm from, what I'm doing in Paris, etc. It turns out that he was the artist of my favorite painting, and he gave me his card and said, " I live right next to the Sorbonne, so send me a text some time if you would like and we can go out for a coffee!" Wow!

The picture to the right was my favorite. If you click on it and look at it up close, you will see that each little bump is actually a little letter, like alphabet soup. Right next to it was the same painting, complete with alphabet soup, but all white (picture to the left, upclose). I loved the two side by side like that. I liked them so much because it was a perfect representation of what my brain feels like when speaking French. Sometimes it is gold and blue and flowing and beautiful. Then, sometimes it is a blank jumble of random letters- stark white. I try to think more in gold and blue. :)