March
2008
Talya is in New York City0
It has been a day and a half- and I am in New York City. As I got on the bus at DuPont Friday morning, I was so anxious. I was scared and I thought what the hell am I doing!? I’m off on this trip and I am really OK! The first night we went and saw Spring Awakening. It was the first Broadway show I have ever seen and I was certainly not disappointed. It was a great production. The story, the music, and the lighting design was amazing. I am sure I need to put some sort of artistic critism into this- but I just can’t right now.
Yesterday, I went to canal st. It was really awesome. I bought an I LOVE NYC t-shirt, postcards, a shot glass – and it was great to be a tourist for the day. I am using this weekend to do that so in the week I can handle the contacts and just get it together in the city. I also got a metro card yesterday. It was a great experience to go on the subway. It was actually easier than I thought and not sketchy at all. Yesterday, the class saw The Seagull. It was a beautiful production and Diane Wiest and Alan Cumming were wonderful. There were points of the production where I lost the focus and where the actors lost my attention, but I immediatly was brought back into the moment with the comic quirks created by the actors and the text. Also we saw Next to Normal last night. It was a really intense musical with an extremely dramatic plot. I thought the story was really touching and it really got me thinking about the effect grief can have on a person, especially the effect grief can have on a mother. The death of a child must be so monumental and painful- and I felt Alice Riply who played as the role of Diane (the mother) portrayed the effect of grief honestly and graciously. I also was effected by the haunting son in the musical. At points, I felt Gabe was malicious and that made me very uncomfortable. Grief, fear, anxiety can become stronger than the person it is consuming and take on its own life form- how pertrifying. I thought the music was really good. Yet, the song about electric shock was a little distasteful for me.
Today, I went to the MoMa. I walked in with an attitude that I was not going to get anything and that I was just going to look at these pieces of art work and not appreciate it because I did not understand it. But there were some art pieces that really touched me and effected me. It was really great to see that! I was able to apprecitate, accept, and even be effected!
I am starting to adore this city. I want to go and explore- alone and make this work!