ChristineFernandes

Reflection

Sunday 8th 2009

Today we woke up at 11pm after a very long and tiresome day before. We were scheduled for a trip to the Frist Museum, to view the paint in flesh gallery. We had breakfast at the museum and walked through the hall were pictures of homeless children from Safe Haven were posted a lot of these pictures drew the viewer to see the absolute hope that children carry in them regardless of their situation. All the children portrayed expressed the hope for a brighter future and the determination they have to succeed. The touching story of each child helps us to see how homeless families are affected. They said that homeless children are emotionally affected for the rest of their lives. Keeping the homeless problem in check will help to ensure the future of children who deserve the best. The flesh in painting gallery was intriguing and showed us how receptive the artists are to issues politically and socially. It was a very eye opening experience where we learned to switch off and view the world through another persons eyes there was one central painting that seem to be the centerpiece of the show, It was a very large picture of two obese women with bruises and cuts, in the caption of this painting the artist tells us how the artist who worked with a number of plastic surgeons attempted to display women who not of traditional beautiful standards were depicted with plastic surgery cuts and bruises in tying to look beautiful. Soon after we drove down town for dinner here we spent most of the evening walking down the street taking in the sites of the city and shopping at various novelty shops, I noted that there were quite a number of homeless people lying on benches or playing music for money. All in all it was a relaxing and enlightening day and we enjoyed our trip to the city