Let it swim
Where’s Spring?! It was snowing again today in NYC. Sigh. It was cold over the weekend, too, but I passed by the farmer’s market in Union Square and saw lots of pretty flowers. I thought I saw a tiny bit of Spring and made me happy. Wanted to buy some so I can have a little Spring at home, but I already had so much stuff with me so just took some photos… I can NOT wait any longer!!!
I saw these “Poetry in Motion” posters the other day and made me look. I guess this program has been running since 1992, and brought more than 200 poems or excerpts before the eyes of millions of subway riders and rail commuters, offering each a moment of timelessness in the busy day. That’s so awesome and I’m glad it came back this month (I guess it was taking a break for the last 4 years.) It sure gave me a moment of timelessness!
On kind of the same subject, The Grand Central Terminal has just turned 100 years and they have all sorts of events, I’m going to check it out for sure…
Stopped by the Powerhouse Arena the other day and saw the EXHIBITION: SANDY: Devastation, Document, Drive — a vast visual document of Superstorm Sandy created by photographers of all backgrounds–from career photojournalists to judiciously situated cell phone owners and ardent Instagrammers. (it’s ending today! I’m glad I caught it before it ends.)
And all these photos on the wall are up for grab for a suggested donation of $5 per photo.
I was happy to see lots of photos were taken…
I looked through each one, also hoping to rebuild, renew, renovate… and got one photograph and made a donation. What a great exhibition this was. Hope many people have seen it…
Happy Friday and Happy weekend, everyone! xo Hijiri
I found this last year by the NYU, finally getting around to posting about it… The Treemendous Project: Mending the city one tree at a time. It was placed on the stump that the Hurricane Sandy took down. I guess there are more throughout the city and 15 artists are participating. Oh, how interesting and great! Their website has more information and a map of where you can find one.
Dear Hurricane Sandy,
We understand you were mad, so you flooded our city and knocked down a lot of homes, taking a few trees along with you. Â Well, actually a lot of trees.
So, a bunch of us decided to fix that. We’ve installed artworks at those broken or barren sites in memory of the life that used to be.
As they say: “If a tree falls…â€
We’re saying that we heard it, and we’re doing something about it.
I want to go find them all now.