Arizona State University

The other day I had to go down to the college to visit with a professor and Ryan and the girls decided to come with. It was so fun to have them down there with me, and the baby loved running all over the place and exploring the architecture. After I finished with my meeting we went to the Art Museum. It is interesting the difference between college age artworks and the artworks of more accomplished artists. The difference being the need to make a point or statement. There was a great deal of modern art, mixed with a few historic pieces. The Historic oil and watercolors were of subjects like clipper ships and boats, or of the ride of Paul Revere. The modern college age artists works were very stirring and usually dealt with the subject of injustice or ugly societal issues. One piece by a Vietnamese artist entitled "Porn" was pretty moving. It dealt with the issue of the overwhelming sex trade in southern Asia (which our country and other developed nations is somewhat if not solely responsible for. Nothing inappropriate for kids, she represented the industry in pictures of city streets with a DVD on a post in the middle of every picture. In fact my kids thought of it as an "Ode" to computer games. I didn't read them the title or explain the piece. I think the most memorable of all of the displays was leaving the museum with the baby and two girls and watching the baby try to skip over the sidewalk breaks which look like glass sheets about six inches wide placed every few feet in the sidewalk. It was so funny because she can't skip and so it was more like an exaggerated hop that didn't get her anywhere. Such cute kids I have. It was a fun day.