Central Park (East)

This week we returned to central park but ventured to the east side.  As it was right before Halloween, some of the walk was focused more on the autumn changing leaves, or Halloween themes, but overall, it was interesting to compare the architecture and art on the East side to the West side.

 

These guys look familiar to the last Central Park post?  These are more focused on the Autumn Season.

I'm sure many of you are familiar with the arched tree walkway in Central Park, whether it be from the movies or from personally visiting there yourself.  I just love how beautiful it looks, the trees almost touching, creating a canopy.

City Hall Park

It's really interesting to go to an area with such rich history, as City Hall Park, and pick out the architecture that has been there for a while.  After visiting the area, I searched images of the area from long ago.

Interesting to see how it has changed, right?

Japan Society

When I first heard how much it cost to get in the Japan Society, and that it was only one floor, I would be lying if I said I wasn't skeptical.  But I really urge you to go:

The whole museum has this peaceful, calm, beautiful aura.  It was raining today so it made the day even more perfect.

Each sculpture was so breath taking in person, so beautiful

This one, Kyoko Kumai's The Shape of Time, was one of my favorites

 Akio Hamatani's W-Orbit was so incredible in that it is this huge masterpiece and not a single thread is out of place.  Looking up at it, it is wonderful to see the lines of the threads in front intersect with the lines of the threads behind it.

For more information about the Japan Society, visit http://www.japansociety.org/

Central Park

For this class, we visited the West Side of Central Park.  I took a LOT of pictures of things I found beautiful: