Exploring Socrates Park
Memorial weekend was a gorgeous set of three days back to back. The city, calmer than usual, beckoned for me to venture out so I did. I walked west bound from my apt building, toward the waterfront intending to reach the new organic food market (FoodCellar) quite a ways away but ending up instead at Socrates Park. I observed a sign for an upcoming fundraising event hanging off the bright orange gate and proceeded to walk past and on to the sculptures installed throughout the premises admiring their textures and interplay with their natural surroundings. Quite unexpectedly, I found myself in the thicket of trees (thicket by urban standards at least) looking at the tall stalks around me and observing the interplay of sun through and over the leaves. The ground was strewn with fluffy grey/brown fuzz which was cascading down from the trees even as I stood there. The air movement was such that these fuzzy incubators of seed were gently floating on its current as if out of a magical movie scene. So taken by the moment was I that I went back home to get my camera. Unfortunately these fuzzy couriers were not photogenic but I did manage to capture a few other magical moments.
My favorite moment though was stumbling upon a young art student, named Eliott J., working at a picnic table off to the side by the tool shed, who was eager to share the story of his art with me and a few other straglers who gathered around the area expecting to be inspired. He has a large bottle of Mike’s hard lemonade which was about 1/5 of the way from finished and I thought to myself this is a lovely way to spend a weekend day. I would like to work here too. On art or music or both. Somehow when I do things alone the most interesting interactions occur. I would not be able to live and be happy anywhere that did not encourage this type of solo wandering about.
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