I found a labyrinth at the gardensat the end of an unfamiliar path,a quiet space fenced off from thoroughfare. While my sons saton a bench and caught up and3 year-old granddaughter chasedafter her new ball, I walked it undersun-dozing trees. Nothing specialtingled or vibed other than a sense of profound happiness.
Tag: Fredrick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
Friday Favorite Feature 33 — Atlas Moth from fmg and “Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up,” by Them Crooked Vultures
Attacus atlas, the Atlas moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The Atlas moth is one of the largest lepidopterans, with a wingspan measuring up to 24 cm and a wing surface area of about…
Meijer Gardens in Winter — part 2 of 3 — exhibit
The following pictures are of parts of an exhibit at Meijer Gardens called, “The Womb,” created by Rebecca Louise Law. The exhibit is pretty sparse with clinical-like representations of how big the fetus is and how it grows over time. There is another case that shows how the placenta grows over time, which was new…
Winter at Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park — Part 1 of 3 — outside
You may have been wondering where I was today. Instead of signing in, I brewed a pot of coffee, took a quick bath, then headed over to Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. Younger son and his wife bought me a membership for Christmas. I chose today to go for a few reasons. One is I’M…
Happy Fishes
image link I’ve been a student of philosophical taoism/daoism for several years now. Two of the main texts studied are The Tao Te Ching/Dao De Jing and the Chuang Tzu/Zhuang Zi. The Dao De Jing (DDJ)’s main speaker is an old guy named Lao Tzu/Lao Zi, and the Zhuang Zi (ZZ)’s main character in the…
Dahlias!
I’ve been going to Meijer Gardens since it was first created many moons ago in Grand Rapids, MI. It continues to grow and has sculpture all over the place, both inside and out on the grounds. Recently Ai WeiWei had an exhibit there, and he left behind a permanent installation called Iron Tree. I fell…
Tao Talk 