Yesterday Cate and I had a morning all to ourselves. She LOVES art - creating it, looking at it, talking about it, creating it, creating it, creating it... I decided it was time we check out the Cantor Museum at Stanford. She was super excited beforehand and equally as excited when we were all done. I mean, we did tour the museum at warp speed, but she definitely enjoyed looking at everything and when I asked her about it this morning, she was still practically overjoyed when she talked about our trip to the museum.
While we were in the contemporary wing, if there was a "strange" piece of art, I would ask Cate what she thought of it. She almost always responded, "It's funny." At one point there was a tall, red lacquer box - I noticed a plaque nearby, so I said, "Cate, that red box is art." She looked at it, laughed and said, "That's not art!" Classic.
The other funny moment was when we noticed a strange guy standing in the contemporary gallery. He was leaning with his hand against one of the walls and was quite underdressed for the museum. I kind of wanted to look at him longer to see what his deal was, but I didn't want to be rude, so I kept walking. A few minutes later Cate points in that direction and says, "Mom, that guy is standing really still." Again, I didn't want to stare so I didn't look and just said, "Yeah, Cate, you're right...look over here." When we circled the gallery and came to where this guy was hanging out, I looked up, and noticed that he was.........a work of art! He hadn't moved since we got there because he wasn't a real person. Cate and I laughed and she said, "That artist really knows how to make things look real!" She was right!
