After having a few days to reflect on my experiences in NY, I still don’t have a concise way of describing them. It was an incredible week and a half of growth and learning. It was good for me to get off of the west coast and experience someplace new. It gave me a nice taste of New York and now next time I go I will have a pretty good grasp on the city and how to get around and what I want to do while I’m there. Seeing the mass amount of art that we did while we were there was amazing but it felt wrong when I had to speed past a piece of art that I wanted to spend time with. I understand that this was the point of the class, to see everything and get a taste of what the NY art world is like, but it wasn’t the type of interaction with art that I normally like to have. That’s not to say that I didn’t absorb anything while viewing them, I guess it just means that I will have to visit again someday! When I first arrived in New York I expected the culture to be noticeably different from the vibes on the west coast. It wasn’t different enough for me though. I don’t know why I expected it to be so much different but it was really just like any other US city except NY is about 4 times bigger then the next closest city. Now I really want to travel somewhere outside of the US because I didn’t really experience that much of a new culture when visiting New York.
The things that I learned and the connections that I made while in NY are invaluable and I will cherish them for the rest of my life.
-Beaudry Allen