Chicago Trip: Two Sisters

Intro to blog

On Saturday, October 14th Chicago, Illinois warmly welcomed three tour buses filled with eager MSU students. Ok, well maybe Chicago did't really "warmly" welcome us and maybe the students weren't so "eager" either, at least not with the early morning wakeup call the day before the Michigan Michigan State game and a long bus ride. But either way, we had arrived in Chicago. I have been to downtown Chicago numerous times before this trip but never experienced it the way I did on this class trip. I have always done the normal touristy things before like, visit Navy Pier, shop all of the famous stores, take pictures in "The Bean" and all the other exciting famous Chicago tourist attractions. But, one thing that I had never experienced, beside "The Bean," was the artistic side of Chicago. Every venue that we visited was a new and exciting adventure to me We started off in The Chicago Art Museum, went to the City Space Gallery, The Fine Arts Building, the MOCP Museum of Contemporary Photography, Arts and Artisans American Gallery, Blick, The Chicago Cultural Center, The Illinois Institute of Arts, and Millennium Park. What a busy day it was!

One of the first pictures that I took was of the artwork titled, Two Sisters. This is a picture made of oils on a canvas by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida. This oil painting is located in The Chicago Art Institute. What captivated me about this piece of art was that it hit close to home for me. The two sisters in the picture are both blond and seem to have a significant age difference. This reminded me of my sister and me. At a young age we were both blond and are six years apart in age. When I saw this piece of art I immediately thought of my sister. I guess I was just missing my best friend that day.