Category Archives: Art

A statue in front of City Hall in a small city in the Czech Republic, Pardubice. 2016 I was there with my Pepperdine EMBA class, to visit the Foxconn computer factory there.

Kings, Cardinals, Bishops, cherubs, who knows what else. An article I found on the top twelve things to see in Pardubice includes City Hall, the bright white building in the background, but doesn’t mention anything about the statue in front. The “new” City Hall building dates to the 1890’s so one could assume that the statue is of a similar age.

As much as I would truly love to get back to Prague (and also see Paris, Rome, Vienna, Athens, Barcelona, and a couple dozen other European cities), I’m not sure that a repeat trip to Pardubice is high on the priority list.

Brussels, Cathedral of St Michael

I always will remember how the final, desperate, last chance, for all the marbles weapon that the humans put together against the aliens in “Footfall” was named Michael after the avenging archangel.

Never an avenging archangel of death around when you really need one.

Burbank is a charming little airport. It’s also old. Back in the day, one of the folks who flew out of there and worked there was Amelia Earhart.

This is in the lobby before you get to the TSA screening area. One of the next few times through there I’ll have to remember to look and see who the artist is.

It’s probably on that plate at the bottom or one of the posters right there.

This was more of a hit-&-run photographic opportunity. The TSA inspection line awaited…

Back in December 2018 and January 2019 we had a fantastic trip to Seattle to see the Chiefs play the Seahawks and then to Kansas City to see the Chiefs play the Raiders.

While we were in Seattle we made a point to visit the Chihuly Museum.

I think that I first saw some of the Chihuly glass artwork covering the ceiling in the lobby of the Bellagio Las Vegas.

The museum, right next to the Space Needle, has hundreds of artworks, each more spectacular than the previous one.

Outside there’s a garden with eerie, alien-like pieces.

They also have glass blowing demonstrations which are fascinating.

I made one post with one image back then and said that I would follow up later with more.

It’s “later.”

We all need art and beauty in our lives. Some days more than others, and this might have been one of those days. Wallow in the art, slather yourself in beauty.

Life’s too short to drink cheap wine. Or live a life without art & beauty.