The city experience is turning out as different from Kemble as expected, in variety and interest level. Zambonis get the outdoor rinks ready. Vintage music halls like the El Mo have been restored. Condo construction cranes seem higher than the CN Tower, and number in the hundreds. Protests and demonstrations pass by like Door Dash, bringing food for thought.
The blockbuster city event these days is the immersive Vincent Van Gogh exhibit. The most iconic of the artist's 900 paintings (in only 9 years!) are projected giant-size, as if you're among the brushstrokes on the canvas. With an evocative sound track, it really is an immersion in something you knew only in small 2-dimension. Sunflowers! Starry Night!
The vaulted space used to be a giant and roaring press room of Canada's biggest newspaper. Now it's a serene art gallery, pipes and ducts overlaid with famed images.
In a gallery to the side is another art exhibit. Ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov photographed passionate dance around the world. His pictures are out of focus (not mine this time!) to give a sense of the intricate motion.
So we're in the pink approaching the urban winter. But we're still hoping to go up, up, and away...
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