wisconsin

Taliesin

I was driving west towards Spring Green, Wisconsin. I followed the winding road through the valley surrounded by wooded hills. Amazing beauty all around. I was on my way to Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s estate. I took the two hour tour. It was interesting and the guide was well informed. However the out building, studio and main house were what you would expect. Lots of wood and stone, lots of built-ins, lots of Asian art, and unpredictable architecture. What impressed me the most was the nature surrounding the structures. The setting was stunning. What I learned was that me Wright was very in tune with nature and was conscious of the beauty outside. And of course he tried to incorporate his buildings within their surrounding. 

I think I sound a bit incoherent. I’m sitting in a Ramada Inn in Richland center after a long hot day. 

Tomorrow is another day. Enjoy the photos! Click for larger view.

On the road
Lake Michigan

I was thinking about eyes. They take in light. Images pour in. Movement. My brain processes them into things I recognize. My ears take in sounds. Add music and conversation. My brain keeps track of it. I’m driving. My hands on the wheel. The cruise control the gears the radio.

Feet on the pedal. Brain keeps track of sights sounds conversation cars. Surrounded by semis. Speeding up to get around semis. Rain starting. Windshield wipers. Billboards along the road. Leonard singing Hallelujah. Bruce belting tramps like us baby we were born to run…. Billboard flashing. Anti choice. God is here. He sent Trump. Brief thoughts about possible identities of “he”.

Impressive all the things we can do simultaneously.

Art Museum

Saw an interesting exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Some of it thought provoking. Some of it just depressing because of what it represents. All the horrible history. America in denial:

“In Native America: In Translation, 10 artists consider Indigenous histories, cultures, and representation through a contemporary lens. Photography, a medium historically used to suppress and stereotype Native cultures, is reclaimed by these artists, who are, in the words of the curator Wendy Red Star, “opening up space in the art world for new ways of seeing and thinking.”” (From museum pamphlet)

Inside of museum

Lake Michigan was crazy with big waves. Too cold to surf.