Monday, April 25, 2011

First Tango in Paris

So yea, i found just about everything that was said about paris to be true. You can just watch any movie about the place and read it somewhere. The air of romance is everywhere, and it is the true romantic city. The Parisians and tourists are just so comfortable with themselves- not arrogant about it either. Its a wonderfully relaxing place, with lots of history and all the sights to boot.
I'll let my pictures speak for themselves, but they wont give you the magic of the air at the front door of the Sacre Coeur, or the electricity that's at the Eiffel tower when its lit up for the hour or the breeze by the Seine and the mists of the many fountains found around town. But i didnt get to kiss in paris, nor did i get to dance..I'll be back there soon; its a see you later paris, not an au revoir.

But why paris? what would i get out of it? For sure, I have some more of a reassurance about relaxing and humility. We all know Paris to be this great city, but the people there didnt give me the air as so. Its relaxed, and the many cafe's and sitdown spots say so. The deep history of just the city itself gives it some majesty and culture.
There's also something about paying more attention to detail, all of the sculptures and paintings and little details have dug into me and really push me to drive detail into my body of work as well.
As for Toys, sculptors have been making miniature versions of their creations for centuries. I mean today i get so impressed by the detail in some maquettes for anime figures and dolls, but back then..it was all hand carved in stone and with more detail!
I could learn a lot about color from the graffiti from different parts of the world, paris itself didnt have so much, but the outskirts had wonderful work, as did the germans on the way back from hamburg.
Paris was wonderful, and literally to that. Full of wonders for sure..but lets not stop there... I'll be back again for sure..but there is a whole world to see.