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Sacred art
I get UP early on Sundays, but I don’t get OUT much.
Maybe this is why the first thing I thought as I crossed MLK Boulevard today around 9 a.m. and approached the Blanton Museum, was “church.” Older couples holding hands processed reverentially and families with kids in tow all scrambled up to the building’s entrance, some passing up the free refreshments for what was to come.
Museums have always been my churches in many ways. They are places to connect with something larger than myself, for contemplation and meditation. They also function as a place of communion. Where you regularly check in with neighbors, friends and your “your fellow man.”
After checking in with my editor, I moved over to the second story of the Blanton’s atrium and considered the beautiful quality of light it allows into the building, similar to that of a Gothic cathedral.
Then UT’s Intervisions Gospel Choir, set up on the first floor of the atrium was introduced, “to celebrate art, that is indeed divine.” People spilled out of the galleries to watch, listen and witness an inspirational performance of Gospel songs. An a cappella segment of one song gave me a little shiver.
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