Bilbao and the Guggenheim Museum

Although I've been in the Experience Music Project, a Gehry building in Seattle, the Bilbao Guggenheim museum is pure sculpture.  The building and the exhibits are "take your breath away" beautiful.  Diana and I walked around with our mouths hanging open in wonder.

Below are some pictures of what I hope capture some of what we experienced.

View from the bridge entering the city.

The river face with terrace.

Happy to be here.

There are no straight lines in the building - it's all sculptural.

Titanium, limestone and glass.

Just as amazing was the collection with exhibits in huge and intimate galleries ranging from Tintoretto to modern including Warhol, Picasso, Miro and many other 20th century artists in mixed media, video, paintings, and sculpture.

Two that were jaw- dropping were a LED light installation by Jenny Holtzer (www.youtube.com/watch?v=loDobLvpux4) and Richard Serra's rusted steel panels installation, A Matter of Time.  

Serra's work was participatory and invited the viewer to experience and flow through the pieces.  It was in some instances a little orienting.

Below is a model of one of the sculptures we walked through. More overview shots at:http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/en/works/the-matter-of-time/

After lunch we re-evaluated what we will be carrying on our walk and did the first paring down by collectively reducing our load by 7.7 pounds which we shipped ahead to Santiago de Compestella to await our arrival.  We still have to carry a lot, but every ounce counts.

With that load off, we went to explore the old city and have dinner.  On the way, we stopped at a beautiful church to give thanks for our good fortune and for the many blessings that have shone upon us on this journey so far.

The lesson for today is that by moving slowly and continuing to breathe, everything we need comes to us at the right time, including a box to ship our stuff!