The Extraordinary Sculpture Garden

A few weeks ago I went to DC to visit Grandma. On the day we went downtown to lots of museums, we went to the art garden. Phoenix looked at the headless women. He thought it meant that women are dumb, but Mom told him that maybe it meant that's how women are treated. I didn't believe in Phoenix's conclusion because the artist was a woman. Why would a woman make a statue saying that women were dumb?!

We saw a giant eraser next, although to me it looked like a giant pizza cutter. This is one of my favorite sculptures in the garden.

These aren't just park benches. They are a piece of art that had a sign that said, "You are free to touch this exhibit." It's cool that we got to sit on art. It's better to sit on a sculpture than a painting though, or else your butt would turn multicolored.

Dad and Phoenix also sat on the exhibit. Since it was rainy the day before we went to the garden, Dad is wiping off the seat before he sits down. Or maybe he's wiping off pigeon poop.

When Phoenix tried to look like the Thinker, he just looked like he was bored. He should get some bunny ears and a rabbit tail, and then he might look more like the Thinker.

It seems like the artists chose random, normal objects, like spiders, pizza cutters, and chairs, and made them into giant sculptures. It's so cool how they could make art out of anything.

Having Fun with Bronze

The Chinese seem to really like their bronze figures. They have them everywhere! The second time we went to Daming Lake (see Some Kind of Crazy if you want to know more about Daming Lake), we found a guy with a skateboard. He was riding wonky.

 

Another time we went to Daming Lake, it had rained the day before. It was cool, since the soup bowl was actually filled with something! Water!

In Xi'an, we found a whole family of Chinese people! I am the pig in the purple jacket checking on the eggs.

When we went to Shanghai we found a woman pushing a baby carriage. I stole the baby's carriage, and Phoenix pushed it. Well, he tried to. It was nailed to the ground, so it was had to push.

Back in Jinan we came across a bronze bread baker. His bread smelled like stinky fish!! The Chinese definitely have more bronze figures than in America, and best of all, they allow you to sit on them.

Compete with this Aquarium?!

Last week I went to the Shanghai aquarium. Seeing all the different ocean creatures was excellent! First, I went down an underwater escalator. It had only fish, but even that can be exciting when you're underwater!

The jellyfish were the next stop. The tanks had lights that changed colors so the jellyfish wouldn't be clear white. The biggest tank made the jellyfish look blue. (It made me look blue too.)

Soon after, we discovored the longest underwater tunnel in the world! It was full of interesting fish, especially the parrot fish! Dad said that parrot fish have beaks, but personally, I don't think that fish have beaks. It's a bird thing.

The best part was to be discovored next. Have you ever been so close to a shark that you could almost touch it? That's what it was like in the tunnel. I don't know why they put the fish so close to the sharks. They must lose a lot of fish that way. I think I can truthfully say that NOTHING can compete with this aquarium.

Pots + People

What are Santa and a pumpkin doing together? They are both pots! I made Christmas salt dough on the eleventh day of the advent. I painted it on the 3rd of January.

 

So now you see; Santa's magic sack is his guts!

This is the Great Pumpkin who will curse any parent who does not give kids candy on Halloween! By the way, his name is Dumbledore.

 

Beware, this is not Santa, this is his evil twin! Now you know why Santa and Dumbledore were together (and what their secrets are)