italy and holland
so i just came back from a trip to the netherlands and italy…2 kinda of opposite places. the netherlands being pretty cold and quiet with a 1984-ish sense of order (the happy blonde population wearing amazing boots (seriously…the boots!), riding bikes and eating large delicious pancakes. this place was incredibly charming. we visited the anne frank museum which literally left me speechless and the van gogh museum…which was breathtaking even though i couldnt take pictures. italy was chaotic. the food was rich and the people, for lack of a better word, were incredibly colorful. i loved both places because of their differences. it goes without saying that italy is an artistic canvas in and of itself. the history and the breath of creativity there was almost overwhelming, and i honestly could not do it justice trying to write about it so ill just say….omg….it was amazing. standing at the foot of the pantheon and the trevi fountain..to the steps of the coliseum, the ruins of the palatine and the roman forum…to the ceilings of the sistine chapel and st. peter’s basilica…and that was just in rome. walking through the rafael rooms and looking at the sistine chapel reminded me of the reason i decided to draw in the first place. as far as we have come artistically, i really believe nothing supersedes sheer talent and the ability of an artist to capture reality and the beauty of the human form. the way rafael and michelangelo wove their personal philosophies into their work without taking away from the beauty of the human form really moves me.
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