Yesterday Tom & I braved the cold & millions of tourists & headed to see Christos' The Gates. This art exhibit cost 20 million dollars(all of it provided by the artist himself)& took over 20 years to come to fruition. I will admit that I was somewhat skeptical, since I did see them briefly at night about a week ago. I'm not sure I would compare Christos' work to a Picasso or a Van Gogh, but there was something intriguing about it. It really was exhilarating to see bright orangey, saffron structures scattered throughout the gray concrete, trees & buildings of NYC. It made me feel giddy inside to walk under them. Everyone was strolling around Central Park smiling & laughing. What is art? That's such a difficult, unanswerable question, don't you think? What may be a masterpiece to me may be viewed as garbage by someone else. All I know is that The Gates invoked a feeling of joy & warmth in me kind of like laying on a white, sandy, tropical beach. Anything that could put so many smiles on so many faces in the dead of winter is art to me!

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