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Oct. 1st, 2014 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ivyficWhen I was in high school, I had a job as a museum guard at the Addison Gallery of American Art. It's a little museum--only two rooms or so--but has some famous pieces, most notably "Eight Bells" by Winslow Homer.
Almost no one ever visited when I was on shift, which meant I mostly just sat there reading Star Wars tie-in novels on the bench seats. I also had a favorite painting--this painting of a wolf by Remington, the guy more known for statues of bucking broncos. It doesn't come across as well on screen, but in person, those eyes really stare at you.
While I worked there, there was an exhibit on minimalism, which included a sculpture of small, inch-wide cubes arrayed across the floor. I had to make sure people didn't kick it accidentally. For the duration of this exhibit, they were playing minimalist music. I knew nothing about minimalism at the time--I remember mostly thinking that it was weirdly pulsing, static, and overall inoffensive once you got used to it.
Years later, I think I've actually found the piece of music they were playing. There's no way for me to be sure, of course, but I'm pretty certain it's Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich. It does just sort of go on, changing enough to keep from being boring, but without ever intruding enough to grab the attention. It's now my preferred study music.
Almost no one ever visited when I was on shift, which meant I mostly just sat there reading Star Wars tie-in novels on the bench seats. I also had a favorite painting--this painting of a wolf by Remington, the guy more known for statues of bucking broncos. It doesn't come across as well on screen, but in person, those eyes really stare at you.
While I worked there, there was an exhibit on minimalism, which included a sculpture of small, inch-wide cubes arrayed across the floor. I had to make sure people didn't kick it accidentally. For the duration of this exhibit, they were playing minimalist music. I knew nothing about minimalism at the time--I remember mostly thinking that it was weirdly pulsing, static, and overall inoffensive once you got used to it.
Years later, I think I've actually found the piece of music they were playing. There's no way for me to be sure, of course, but I'm pretty certain it's Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich. It does just sort of go on, changing enough to keep from being boring, but without ever intruding enough to grab the attention. It's now my preferred study music.