This year when I got a little bit of a tax return back I decided to do something that I don't often do...splurge a little on myself. I invested in myself in two ways. The first was to take the Ancestry DNA profile. I have wanted to do this over the years for lots of different reasons, that I may get into another time. The second was to get tickets to an event. I don't often do events because they're typically expensive, and there is normally a long list of things I should spend my money on. So, I went with tickets to an Immersive VanGogh experience. I bought 4 tickets about 4 months ago and had been looking forward to this the whole time.
If you have the opportunity in your area to do this experience, I would definitely recommend it. I've always enjoyed Van Gogh's work, though I do think he's a bit over-saturated. Still, there is something to be said about the immersive experience. It's like being dipped into a sea of familiarity, or cocooned in a quilt that a friend made. It's comforting and familiar, taking what you know and have seen to point so expanded you find differences in that familiar.
I'm not sure if Mom and the kids liked it as much as I did, but I know we all had a fantastic time. We ended up doing the show twice, once in the large room, and another time in a smaller room. Personally, I enjoyed the smaller room better. Perhaps because of the intimacy of it, or because I felt you almost saw more in a smaller space.
I enjoyed watching the paintings wash across Joe and Joci's faces. Seeing their eyes light up as something special would pop up, or watching the colors change and slip along the walls.
Chicago, August 31, 2021
