CHOOSE: WACKY WEDNESDAY

This was an easy choice as "my" Molly needed me to accompany Owen to today's "Wacky Wednesday" event at the Brooks Museum.

So....I've decided to look for God there---as Jenna Fergus taught us. Look for God everywhere, even in an art museum. (Job 34:21)

I'm headed out, having asked God for direction and will  report later on what I "see."
I'm back!
I thought God would have me use my "sense of seeing" in order to clearly see Him in works of art.
But God......impressed me with two "life lessons" using my sense of smell and sense of hearing. WOW, GOD!
As we approached our destination from the backside, a new direction, we stopped to smell the roses. Not knockout roses, which are pretty to look at but without even the barest scent of a rose.
Roses. Fragrant roses.

Roses along our journey to see museum art, which emphasized the sweet-smelling "life lesson" that goal-oriented, destination-bound folks need to enjoy the journey along the way.
As the old adage says, "Stop and smell the roses!"Which is exactly what Owen did.

The 2nd lesson was auditory and was gleaned from the voice of a school teacher who simply said, art classes are more than teaching painting or drawing.

"Art is teaching people to see."  

Wacky Wednesday---what a sensory experience, even beyond the visual!

WACKY WEDNESDAY at The Brooks

So much fun at The Brooks Art Museum----
Somehow I never considered video games graphics as art----silly me.

The new Art of Video Games at the Brooks is worth the drive to introduce the youngsters in your life to the museum. It might be the only way if they are averse to such experiences. Plus----it's FREE on Wednesday!
It could be a memory walk down the "video game highway." Nowadays dubbed an expressway. Atari Pong, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and the first Nintendo system.
From the fabric art displayed at the entrance----think "knitted" Pac Man banner........

.....to the ongoing wall murals and video gaming machines painting by artists in residence and a LARGE Mine craft game,

based on a favorite from the Brooks collection, The Grand Canal fron Campo San Vio.

It might be the best way to introduce a grand child to visual art---as indicated by the presence of LOTS of boys at the gaming stations, from felt boards to wall size game visuals and post-it note creations by the kids----so interactive.

A morning at the art museum followed by an afternoon at the BIG Bass Pro at the pyramid---

----a Wacky Wednesday indeed!

WACKY WEDNESDAY

6/26/13 Wacky Wednesday.....it's that time of summer when we head to the art gallery to learn about artists and create our own art that is "similar" to that of the "masters." "My" Molly does a great job co-ordinating the activities for the kids. So.....Shug and Pop-Pop, both like to go to WW with 6 yr. old Owen. Our big day ended w/ everyone going to Theater Memphis for "Singing in the Rain"---a MUST SEE!!! Shug & Pop-Pop went with friends and Molly & Owen had a mommy-son date night.

WACKY WEDNESDAYS----DON"T MISS---FREE ADMISSION --10-12

Aspiring artists see movies & create Claude Monet flowers as they learn about the artist.

This month's activities are co-ordinated with the Carroll Cloar exhibit.

Snaggle-tooth mails his picture postcard at the Carroll Cloar  interactive gallery for kids.

Play with color and light--- important aspects of art 

Art books provided--more inspiration. Owen's fave was Magritte's Marvelous Hat  with 

transparent pages adding another level of surrealism.

Mommy & son "date night" at Theater Memphis. 

GREAT FINALE for a Wacky Wednesday full of "the arts."

Owen "meets" Lydia Hart, the STAR of the show and a friend of his mommy.

Ah-h-h, that we all should have more Wacky Wednesday's in our lives. They're there. Glorious things are hidden in the ordinary days. The more we celebrate those, the more extraordinary they become.
As the Belgium artist, Rene Magritte (1898-1967) said, "Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see."
I say, "Celebrate the ordinary! When we celebrate the ordinary, the extraordinary becomes visible."