Seattle, WA, 9-28

Our first stop today was at the EMP Museum (Experience Music Project).  While we did not join the crowds of young people waiting to make an audition tape or watch their avatars dance on a 4-story screen, we did enjoy the guitar gallery with its guitar tornado and huge collection of vintage guitars—many signed by famous musicians.  The building housing the collection is as colorful and twisted (literally) as many of the musicians highlighted within.

 

 

 

 

 

After lunch we visited the Chihuly Museum.  Dale Chihuly is a Pacific Northwest glass sculptor.   

 



 

 

We have learned we were very fortunate to arrive in Seattle on one of the 51 days in the year when the sun shines and the skies are clear; we were able to view and photograph "the elusive" Mt. Rainier.  It has been cloudy and rainy ever since, but the Seattle weather did nothing to diminish, maybe even enhanced, the viewing of Chihuly's works placed in the outdoor garden. 

 

 





From simple glass, he creates dimensions, colors, textures, and forms which, in their profound complexity and stunning beauty, rival the glorious handiwork of our old friends the thermophiles.  His art, like nature’s, can make you weep with joy.