The next day began with a visit to Moma
which began with amazing structures built by Martin Puryear
and the helicopter
and then moved through the galleries to this picture that didn't exactly capture my mood
and the shaving pictures
followed by some sculpture
this artwork
and Martin standing in the corner for punishment
which led us to the cafeteria where as number 245
we were served water
this salad
and coffee for Suzanne
and this panini for me
before we headed back to optical illusions
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and this installation which celebrated the Fibonacci numbers
as we made our way into the modern collection seeing our friend
before joining the crowds at
and around
the Warhol soup cans
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and then celebrating technology with the phone
the tire
and the kitchen of the 50's
before we headed back to some squiggly art
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and viewed down to the Puryear
before admiring a Magritte
a Matisse
a Picasso
and a Mondrian and calling it a museum day.
Next we stopped at Rockefeller Center to see the pennies, all 100,000,000 of them
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and the men raking them
which led to this movie
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and an appreciation of their vastness
of the woman sorting (not by year but by shinyness)
and more raking
as I took these long views
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and then recognized the cause they were there for. While I am impressed by the pennies and appreciate the good works of the people doing this, I do have trouble understanding why they not be sorting by year and why they would let their penny field be poisoned by nickels, dimes and quarters.
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