This weekend I took myself to the American Visionary Arts Museum (AVAM) in Baltimore, which I’ve been dying to visit – I knew I’d love it, and I did. (If you aren’t sure what “visionary arts” means, read this.)
The main exhibit right now is All Faiths Beautiful (through August ’08) and includes postcards from the PostSecret project on which a self-proclaimed atheist confesses to secretly believing in God, a preacher’s wife confesses to secretly being an atheist, and on and on. The other artwork is just astounding – the materials used, the beliefs expressed… walking through it made me feel completely alive.
Plus, I’m a sucker for quotes, and there were quotes from the likes of Gandhi and Rumi sprinkled throughout (and, actually, an entire room showcasing illustrations inspired by Rumi’s poetry, from the new compilation, One Song
I took the video below after I left the museum, en route to my car:
It’s given me an idea: create a soundscape of DC through a series of videos like this one, where you focus in on an object and just absorb the sounds of the place/moment in time. If you want to create something like this – or already have a video that fits that bill – please link to it in your comments. I’d also love to showcase it here.
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The idea of the Visionary Arts Museum was breathtaking for me. I was overwhelmed at the idea. I too just went there for the first time a few months ago with the fam.
What amazed me was the fact that in order to be in the museum you were not allowed to have had any formal training in art.
Now that true art.
Glad you found something creative in Mobtown.
Nice video, kiddo!
i think some Post contributor recently referenced Rumi in an On Faith segment. i can’t remember the reference, but i remember liking it. that Chardin quotes is one of my favorites, and i think terribly true.
i guess i’ll have to check out that museum sometime.
Missed you at the Source Hard Hat tour last night. I posted some photos on my new blog
http://www.MyFirstHomeDC.com
Cheers!
Greg
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