Thoughts slowly start trickling back

I simply have just not been making enough time to write and it is sad.  Creative thoughts are something that come naturally, but you have to take the time to stop and look at the world in order to be inspired.  I learned that today.

Today was my first completely unscheduled day in over a month.  I didn't have work.  I didn't have anything to do for the internship.  I didn't have a wedding.  I didn't have a meeting. 

I woke up and it was raining.  I went to the farmer's market in the rain and was overtaken by the loveliness of all of the peppers, apples, melons, carrots and other yummy produce, glimmering in all of their rain-soaked glory.

After that, I headed over to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art with Amanda.  They've got a wonderful piece up right now.  If you have never seen the art museum, let me tell you first of all that on section of it is entirely walled in by floor to ceiling (3 stories, I blieve?) by glass.  They currently have ribbons of all colors hanging down from the ceiling to the floor, waving in the breezes.  It's really stunning.  And inside the museum, there is a maze of color and you can walk through it and run through it.  It's truly breathtaking.  

I went to see a George Segal exhibit that I've been wanting to see, though.  He is a sculptor, and an amazing one at that.  He really was able to capture the essence of a person in his work.  I know that sounds trite, but really.  He's great and if you are in the Madison area, you NEED to go see this.  I teared up at a couple of the pieces.  And he just has great thoughts to go along with this work.  

"I think that every minute of existence is miraculous and extraordinary." -G.S.

It really comes out in his pieces.  

I have more thoughts to process, but I need to go to bed because I need to be emotionally prepared for Becca's wedding tomorrow.  Joyousness!  :)