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Published: June 22nd 2007
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How cool is this? Teatre-Museu Dali, aka The Dali Theater-Museum is one of the most impressive museums I’ve been to. There’s so much to see, my eyes hurt after spending a few hours there. Dali personally designed, decorated and painted this museum to showcase his works (there are a few other artist there as well). There’s way to much to write it all down, so I’ll just share some pictures. Some of my favorites were the Mae West room, a living room of her face and there are some stairs you walk up to look through drapery, or her hair, to get the full picture. How creative is that?!! There’s also the Paradise room, which you view through a peep hole that is so beautiful with it’s bright green colors. Not much else to see at Figueres (cute town with some shops), but if you’re ever anywhere near here, I highly recommend making a stop to see this museum.
“Google It!” - Not to plug a great company I’ve worked with recently (but I’m going to) . . . Last year when I was traveling with Wendy, we kept coming up with questions we didn’t have the answers for (i.e. “where’d the term
Tourist Time
Me outside of the museum. tow-head come from?”). So we made a “Google It” list. Well, it’s happening again on this trip so I figured I’d share my random Google questions and answers with you. I guess there is a reason my older brothers used to tease me when I was a kid by calling me Curious George. So, here we go . . .
Google It: What’s the deal with Dali and eggs (this was actually not an easy to find answer at the museum!)
The egg is another favourite Dalinian motif, given the duality of its hard exterior and soft interior. Dali links the egg to pre-natal images and the intra-uterine universe, and thus it is a symbol of both hope and love.
(And maybe I was the only one that didn't know this, but that's ok. No question is a bad question, right?) :-)
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jeben
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lucky!
i have been wanting to go there my whole life......keep sending updates, i am vacationing through you.