Art is a Creation

 While going on our trip to the Museum of Brands we stumbled upon an adorable art gallery in Notting Hill. The town itself is absolutely adorable, with colorful little houses, town-home/flat style as usual in London, that have a quaint yet intriguing feeling about them. This art gallery was no exception. There were two art pieces that particularly stood out to me. The first one was a bold yet interesting word collage of sorts.  With splashes of color, the piece said "Art cannot be criticized because every mistake is a new creation." This was very interesting to me as it not only said something about art but of life. You can make mistakes but without mistakes nothing new would ever happen and we might miss many unique opportunities.  The next piece of art was more comical.  The picture was pretty simple, with pink, white and black as the only colors and two grandmas knitting in rocking chairs. The funny part is that one granny is knitting a sweater that says "Punks Not Dead" and the other is knitting a sweater that says "Thug for Life." This put a smile on my face because it showed that no matter how old we get, we cannot forget to stay young in our minds. It hit me personally as college is soon coming to an end, but this reminded me to keep being me no matter where life takes me and no matter how old I get. Overall, I am very glad to have found this art gallery as it helped bring to light some simple yet important life mottos.

Make it Right

 During the first week traveling around in London, I began to notice a multitude of inspirational signs. I was particularly interested in a painted statue that said "Change Your Life." The typeface of the words and the way the words were positioned in the mouth of the statue gave it a very strong, loud effect.  While a little too lacking in soft qualities for my taste, it was very cool to see and definitely made an impression on me.  Another sign I noticed, while waiting for the Tube none the less, was an advertisement that said "When stuff sucks, make it right." I found this particularly interesting as the typeface is very simple and the sign has a white background. I have seen this also on TV commercials while in London, and I found it mildly inspirational on there as well. All in all, I found some interesting signs this week and really felt like they could be quite purposeful if I just stopped to really appreciate the underlying message.

It's Beautfiful Here

My first few days in London have been full of gorgeous landscape and architecture.  We have spent a lot of time in Hyde Park, with a pond, walking trails, and Kensington Gardens and Castle to see.  The design of the castle, from the outside, it very elegant and has a feeling of importance.  The gardens are also incredibly beautiful and clearly designed for someone of high authority.  We walk all around London it seems, and our time in Hyde Park is no different.  The park is absolutely stunning and I wish things like this were more common in America.  Great start to the trip!