Magical Monday: NYC Special!

You made it to Monday! The start of a brand spanking new week where the possibilities are endless. The week is fresh faced and you can go on to do wonderful things!

As you know, last month I went to NYC on a business trip. It was flipping fantabulous! The whole week I had a huge grin plastered all over my face and it's a trip that will always hold a dear place in my heart.

So, load this up, crank up your headphones and enjoy this Monday's NYC Special! ; -)

Although I was there for work, I flew out at the weekend so I had a bit of time to explore the city and visit a couple of art galleries. I thought I would share with you some of my highlights.

The first gallery I went to was the iconic Guggenheim. What a space! I remember taking a big gasp when I looked up and saw it. I spent a good 2 hours slowly wandering up the spiral gallery and immersing myself in all the super cool modern art it had on show. One particular highlight was seeing props and photos from Matthew Barney's The Cremester Cycle, of which I was pretty obsessed with when I was at university. It brought back great memories and I had a great little chat with the man "guarding" the art about it.

These sculptures were my favourite pieces, by Pawel Althamer:

They were just fantastic! So eerie and post-apocalyptic, there was a really haunting quality to these other worldly beings. I liked that there was a long, detailed blurb about them too. Normally I read every blurb when in galleries but as I was keen to get to another gallery I photographed the longer ones for a later date.

After the Guggenheim I made my way along museum avenue (how cool?!) Towards the American Natural History museum. I love natural history and had heard great things things about this one... I managed to get myself lost en route but a policeman gave me directions and actually, I was right by the Met and I should go there! As it was insanely hot out I took his advice and visited the Metropolitan Museum of art instead... And wow, was I pleased I did!

The Met was so big and grand and beautiful, I spent the rest of the day there and even then didn't manage to see everything as my feet literally couldn't take another step more!

Here's a little preview of my favourite paintings/ exhibits from the Met - it was so huge and so inspiring I want to save up the memories and do a little series on all the wonderful things I saw there... So watch this space!

Hope you've enjoyed this NYC Magical Monday Special - have a great day!

Emily (aka Little Lyra) xx