The car culture destroyed American cities /  by Mirena Rhee

I always thought that using several tons of steel to move a single person from a to b is ridiculous. I can't imagine a bigger waste of resources like gas, ore, end road infrastructure to only have people confined and isolated to their car seats, couches, and office chairs. Millions of people strap themselves to their seats in their cars with belts, voluntarily imprisoning themselves in small coupes.

Don't take me wrong, when I lived in California I absolutely loved my car. I drove a Volkswagen and it was the only thing I shed a tear for when leaving.

In many cities there's nothing to do but eat, mostly sandwiched between a couch and a television, and the car.

In well developed cities you can stroll which is take a walk and look at landmarks and people without having to buy anything while simultaneously exercising.

One of my all time favorites is the Unfinished show at Met Bauer /  by Mirena Rhee

Unfinished show at the Met - favorite so far is a Van Gogh, painted just before he died.

I’d pick two rooms, one with a Van Gogh, another with Michelangelo, Leonardo and Van Eyck.

Can't imagine anything better than being in a room together with Michelangelo, Leonardo and Durer, with a Van Gogh across the hall.

After several centuries crowds gather enthralled by little pieces of cloth and wood with scribbles on them. A Leonardo is the size of a letter, Such is the power of art.

There are no chests filled with gold and emeralds, no food, apparently no one is naked, no clowns juggle in the halls, but everyone is quietly in a trance in front of these great albeit unfinished works. Such is the power of art.

There's also Rubens, El Greco, Rembrandt, Titian.