Mass MoCA

So the owner of the Air Bnb let us use his Mass Moca membership card, which got us in for free!! It’s the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, which I had never been to and Ryan was willing to check it out. So Wednesday we had a lazy morning and then went to the museum.

I love art and I’m eccentric but even sometimes some art is just weird. Thankfully that wasn’t the case with everything here, but there were pieces I struggled with.

So this man’s work was so colorful and fun but once you get up close, I felt, it gets a little odd. But this man is all in on his artistic vision and storyline of “mounds” and these characters he’s created. There was a video playing inside that large black, white and pink “mound” and it sucked in my honest opinion. But art is subjective. And it evoked emotion in me so to me there is value in it.

But there was some other cool stuff! I don’t have everyone’s name so here’s the website if you’re interested. https://massmoca.org/exhibitions/

We checked out Bright Idea Brewery in the same mills. They didn’t have lunch but we had a flight of beers before going back to the museum to have lunch and see more.

The buildings itself are from the old Sprague Electric company, which makes it such a cool museum! Even the old boiler room has been preserved and you can check it out. They also have an airstream on the roof, collecting solar power and left with some guys stuff in it. It’s kinda cool.

I love learning new things and about new art. These were part of a retrospective of Sol LeWitt, done by a local art college, in his memory.

We also saw art work by James Turrell, who has an installation called Into the Light. It’s a crazy light show that shows solid colors and strobe lighting. It’s in a huge white room, where even the floor is painted white so you have to wear surgical booties on your shoes. I’m doing a horrible job describing it but it was intense!! I got dizzy at one point.

So tomorrow we head back… it’s been an amazing trip and have appreciated all the support I’ve received. I think it’s so important to challenge ourselves to step outside our comfort zone and live life.

Xoxo aim