well...i am super frustrated with this computer because it is not importing my pics. so you'll have to wait a bit for the pics i took.

my flight to dallas was very smooth and the view while descending was amazing. i had forgotten how big dallas/ft worth is. the illumination from the lights below, created and astral effect that led to downtown dallas. it resembled free-flowing lines, yellowish-orange lights, spiraled out from the city center, with blue-ish/white lights laid out in a grid pattern filling the spaces between. after getting off the plane, i saw this woman that so perfectly fit the image of dallas women (well..older women) that i remember.

i got to roam around dallas yesterday. i went the the arts district. there are a few buildings that i wanted to see again, like the nasher sculptural garden, renzo piano is the architect. i fell in love with one of his other works, de menil-in houston. i used to visit that all the time, so naturally, i was curious to see how the nasher compared. it was awsome, it is a quaint musuem, with a large garden in the back that housed some really great sculptures. a large portion of the works housed inside are by picasso. the ones outside are by some random people, of whom i forget. i tried to snap as many pics as possible without getting kicked out by one of the many security guards that seemed to be watching me closely, i guess they aren't used to people looking at the building instead of the sculptures.

i also went to the dallas museum of art, designed by a guy out of havard, i think his name is edward larrabe, i probably butchered that. i was very disappointed with the museum. not only did the building not offer any moving spatial experiences, but most of the work housed in it left a lot to be desired. the museum did have a very good french and italian realist and impressionist installation...very much worth seeing, even though i really am not into that style of art. needless to say, i didn't hang around very long.

after that i headed over to deep ellum, where i spent most of the day. for those of you that do not know about deep ellum, it is essentially the music strip in dallas. there are so many music venues, tattoo shops, eclectic shops, and food places. the buildings used to be walls and walls of graffitti, but it has been cleaned up a lot. i did manage to snap a few pics of some of the cooler ones. oh, and steve....i went by trees to get some pics, but i found out that it was closed a few weeks ago...sad times...

i should get off of this thing and get out to take some more pics...and search for a computer that will allow me to post pics....