This morning, I’ve been thinking about, actually I’ve been exploring art and art museums virtually.  Clearly there is no possibility of travel, even to the local St. Petersburg museum of fine art, or others that are local such as the Ringling Art museum, and Dali Art museum.  However, there is amazing fine art to be viewed and museums with tours.  Some of the site’s I’ve visited this morning include https://artsandculture.google.com/project/art-camera

A google project that includes high resolution photos of paintings with an explanation of the approach that the artist was taking, and the spirit of the painting.  There is the cave art, the earliest art by man, explored and viewed at Chauvet, https://artsandculture.google.com/story/sgUB9Mfa0DpmPA

There are virtual tours also using the google street map technology, I found however that some of that was tedious and difficult to navigate, but I admire the intent and ambition to allow us to wander and browse from our couches.

David Morgan of CBS news posted a guide to museum virtual tours that I’ve done some exploring with. https://news.yahoo.com/virtual-museum-going-guide-socially-102021811.html

As I clicked thru on to the MET from this article, I found myself looking at the sculpture tour, called body language.  On the ‘Vine’ I found the video of an interpretive dance reflective of the statue, as well as description of the art.  Very interesting. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/viewpoints/the-vine

A painting featured here is a photo I took at the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art.

Painted in the 1830’s it is a pre-impressionist (like I really know what that means) piece that is brilliant, colorful, and even though it is not realistic, it seems to be alive.  This little girl of maybe five, alive forever, anxious to go play, but obedient to the artist, thinking not of any great future, but of only the moment, and the inspiration, or instinct for the next moment.  Bright and buoyant, captured forever, just at this moment.

Bright and Buoyant

My silent protest, I’m alive
Sitting for a moment I’m told
But I want to play, I’m five
Holding flowers, I’m bold
Of color, from the fire glow
Forever, I’ll be bright, and five
Forever here, I couldn’t know
Bright and buoyant and alive
Beyond this I’ll never show
A life beyond the age of five