california pt. 2: the getty

One touristy thing I did do in LA was go to the Getty, which is nominally an art museum, but I got the impression that it's more a place that people go and take pictures than anything else.  I totally get that, too, because it's gorgeous.  You have to take a tram to get there (which contributed to my feeling that I was at bizarro Disney Land) and then you have a stunning view of Los Angeles and a really intense amount of white marble fashioned in a way that there is an endless supply of places to stand and have your photo taken.  It's actually kind of difficult to find art there because most staircases/doorways just lead you to a new place to stand and take your picture & there isn't a lot of signage to give you a clue as to where you are because that would take away from the white marble. 

Truthfully, I did not feel particularly motivated to find the art once I was there, but I did enjoy an exhibit (?) called Farewell to Surrealsim that had an entire building to itself but only occupied one smallish room.  And when I was looking for the Robert Mapplethorpe stuff (there's also currently a Mapplethorpe exhibit at LACMA - he's so hot in LA right now!) I ended up seeing a lot of things I hadn't heard of but enjoyed. So maybe that's the game they're playin'. 

Indifferent, but distanced perfectly / Projected endlessly / It's so fucking beautiful!

Standing in front of something.

What I was standing in front of. 

The best thing about this picture of a picture is that the picture I was taking doesn't even exist.  I thought I had loaded a 36 exposure roll in my camera, but it was actually a 24 exposure roll, which I didn't realize until I thought I had "taken" 36 pictures. I promise the pictures I thought I was taking but didn't would have been really beautiful, though.

DISPATCHES FROM THE VOID

A peaceful view before a terrifying night.