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two or three things at once
Just because I wanted to, I spent some time on a bench watching people going up and down stairs and in and out of the gallery. It felt worth it the very instant I spotted the woman dusting the railing, while a man entered the exhibit, and another man was looking at something inside.
Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.26.2022
the future has already sustained damage
This rendering of a new building – coming soon only one block away! – hasn’t held up too well. Let’s hope that’s not a hint about the future of the building. Or of Phoenix. Or any of us.
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.27.2022
applause
During the demonstration of the orchestrion (a self-playing musical contraption), I watched this little girl. She was standing up, ready to hear some music, when she noticed that all the other kids were sitting down. I guess she decided that she didn’t want to be only one standing, so she sat down, but only momentarily: as soon as the music started, she was on her feet.
And, as you can see, she was applauding the performance.
Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.26.2022
in love, in the rain
It seemed unusual to have a rainy day in Phoenix. But it rained off and on all day.
That gave me the chance to see this piece, “Woman in Love” (Bob Haozous, sculptor), in the garden at the Heard Museum with raindrops barely hanging on to its slick surface.
Heard Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.28.2022
Angles of Confusion
Typical convention-center carpeting, with shadows of doors and windows – that’s what I saw at the conference…
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 4.2.2016
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