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What is something you only experienced once and would like to experience again?
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Well, I gotta say that seeing a Monet in person wrecked my brain.
But my favorite painter is van Gogh, which I guess is pretty fucking common; and my favorite sculptor is Rodin. I've never seen anything of theirs in person.
I don't know if it would have that same consciousness altering effect because I've not only already been exposed to art, but art like theirs, and even reproductions of them. But I sure as fuck wish I could travel and find out.
It's one of those curses where I could never afford to take off of work to see them, even if they'd been close enough I could afford to get there. Now that I'm disabled, I have the time, but even less money. But, even if I saved, I can't really travel far at all. Even a day's drive is murder that takes days to recover from.
I keep my eye out, though. I hope one of the museums I can reach will have access, or something like that.
There are actually quite a few casts of Rodin's famous The Thinker statue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Thinker_sculptures including Cleveland, Louisville, Detroit, NYC, Washington DC, and San Francisco.
A bunch more "later casts" further down the above wikipedia page.
There's probably one near you.
Other Rodin pieces usually accompany The Thinker in museums.