"These two museums encircle the honeycombed roofed Kogod Courtyard - a gathering place for art devourers, city escapees, culture hungry tourists and starlight seeking lovers. Just being there opens space in one's imagination.
We've been to these museums lots of times since moving to DC and so apart from the new exhibitions about Potraits On The Edge and the life of Amelia Earhart (inspirational stuff!), we assumed we'd the space nailed. A well-known and loved beauty.
Then we wandered through a side door into Narnia. The majestic mosaic
grey blue floor of the Luce Foundation Center led us into a Victorianna
haven of wrought iron railings and a domed glass roof. What a hidden
gem. We'd no idea. Secreted away off the narrow galleried walkways are
magical drawers of French miniatures and thin sliced cabinets of icons
and portraits. Pieces of the museum's collections currently not on
display in the main galleries but just too good not to have on show
somewhere!
It's
fitting that we found this space on a day that I had gone to there to
write; to be infected by other people's stories. There are people I
think I've sown up - I know lots about their history and their
perspectives, their likes and their challenges. Yet, there's always
more. There's always hidden gems of patterned paths, intricate
boundaries and treasures just too good to not be on show. If only I'll
go through some new doors and be open to being surprised.I wonder what undiscovered gems lie within us? We're the curators of our own souls - we choose what and where we display our portraits, we decide the form of our icons, and nurture or neglect the gallery space that has been entrusted to us.
Pay attention to those side doors today - you never know what treasures lie waiting for and in you!"
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