Well I'm unexpectedly back home again after a crazy couple of days. I've been having an issue with the surgicaly repaired eye and although I believe everything is OK, I can see fine, etc. it has been a little scary. I decided to push through and keep my plans to go to Silver City, but first thing Saturday morning I went to Starbucks (duh) and wanted to test out my wireless connection. (I believe at this point the reader should just assume that every day starts at Starbucks). After four days of working with the Motel 6 tech support guys trying to figure out why all their access points kept kicking my off of my Suburgatory episodes on Hulu, I began to suspect the problem lies within. Sure enough, even at Starbucks, no WiFi. Now this was serious. Medical issues are one thing, but NO WIFI!! The great and powerful Oz was telling me to go home. I was booked to stay at someones house in Silver City and there is no way to do that without streaming. Not sure why most of these people do not have television sets, maybe that's a good sign, but most likely they are all serial killers and they don't want you to accidentally see them on America's Most Wanted while your sitting on their sofa. You are likely to panic in that event. Either way I was glad to be leaving Las Cruces, it depressed the hell out of me and clearly the feeling was mutual.
So I canceled my stay in Silver City then booked a room in Phoenix for Saturday night. [Note: while driving past the exit for Silver City, one of the signs read "Silver City, 30+ art galleries" Nooooooooo! ] There was no way I could make the drive from New Mexico to Corona in one sweep. I was so sick of Motel 6's I decided to stay at a Holiday Inn Express in downtown Phoenix. It was fantastic, although I'm puzzled as to why their vending machines are not encased in metal cages made out of military strength magnesium... weird. Downtown Phoenix is modern and glitzy and very, very clean. The Holiday Inn there was within walking distance to restaurants, museums and both the baseball and basketball stadiums. After grabbing a bite to eat I walked around and enjoyed not being in Las Cruces. All of a sudden I stopped dead in my tracks. Hanging on the side of the Science Museum is a huge picture of Van Gogh. The Van Gogh Experince was currently showing at the museum. This was divine providence, clearly all my bad fortune was for the purpose of getting me to this very spot at this singular moment of space/time. I MUST GO TO THIS.
So the next day I did. It was breathtaking, moving, emotional, incredible and every superlative ever thought up by mankind. Every human being on this planet must go see this. It's a huge dark room, with 20 foot high screens everywhere, showing Van Gogh's works, set to music and accompanied with some of his writings. Thank goodness the room was dark, for I was almost in tears a couple of times. My favorite quote was "I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it." If you get the chance, truly look at his work. I began to wonder why I had not spent every minute of my 54 years doing just that.
I'm a feared that this has become habit forming and I am already dreaming of taking the Amtrak to Seattle....
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