It's November and the gardens in front of people's homes are still green, the roses are blooming and the sparrows are chattering, people are out walking and conversing, and life is loud.
Boston is friendly and full of things to see. My daughter and I walked to SOWA from Mass. Ave. on Wednesday and there was something of visual interest every step we took.
No matter that it was a misty, grey day; the architecture, the people, the railings and gardens, the art, and curiosity...it was all terrific! From the bright colored doorways, to the fresh fruit stacked in trucks, to the stone work on Holy Cross Cathedral, and the mom walking her child home from school, there's a rhythm to Boston that is purposeful and unexpected.
There are strange happenings afoot...take the light post that was warmed by a knitted sock with woodland creatures on it...it makes you want to see more.
So we meandered.
Stopped into an open studio where artist Tasha Cough, was nice enough to put her computer down, welcome us into her space, and allow us to photograph it...turns out she's showing an image at the NHIA Biennial which coincidentally, I am too...she also showed us a picture from the opening of 'some guy' as she said, 'looking at the wall which included her work',... more fun yet, that man was my husband!
Small world and that's my point...that's Boston for you!
We caught a few more open studios in SOWA, one of which had a hanging image that reminded me a bit of Eva Hesse's works, airy and tactile. Popped into Chase Gallery right down the road before heading back, and were pleased to see rich, layered, iconic images.
Boston is so likeable with its size and energy...not so large you can't walk around, not so small you don't have places to go.
It's a playful, hard working, serious, goofy, strange, normal place to hang out in.
I'm glad we did!
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