I have mixed reactions to Mid-Century Modern Architecture. Some of it I can appreciate and some it I just find blah. The Palm Springs City Hall is one of the examples of the style that I like. That circle cut-out in the roof with trees growing through is quite something.
Two months back, I visited Mandu, the capital of the 13th century Malwa Sultanate in what is today the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It seems like a lifetime ago, before COVID-19 had shutdown anything outside China. Now, I’m wondering when any of us will be able to travel again.
Looking at these images, I’m reminded of how beautiful of a place Colorado is. In the midst of this Coronavirus lockdown, I’m longing to be able to experience nature again rather than being confined to my suburb. Going through pictures from old trips is simultaneously satisfying and exacerbating my longing to expirence the natural world. Hopefully, things will be normal enough this fall that I can travel to see fall colors.
Maroon Bells is an incredibly beautiful location. It’s one of handful a places that I’ve decided to visit because I saw a stunning of picture of the place. After seeing Maroon Bells, I toured around Western Colorado which has fantastic scenery.
These ferries are traveling to and from the Gateway of India in Mumbai.
This stand sells flowers and sweets for offerings outside of the Shree Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai.
This portrait is remarkable because of who painted it. The artist is Prince Demah Barnes who was enslaved in Massachusetts. This and other works by the same artist are the only surviving fine art created by an enslaved person from colonial America.
Prince Demah’s remarkable story is movingly told in the Memory Place podcast episode: A Portrait (Met Residency Episode 4)
Listening to the podcast episode, I had a moment of confusion when I realized that Prince Demah was from Boston. The history we are taught often glosses over that slavery was legal in the Northern colonies as well. I looked up when slavery ended in Massachusetts: A 1783 decision by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts ended slavery in the state.
