First of all: a huge thank you to my buddy Sam for letting me crash at his place in Boulder. This is a land of Subarus and mountain bikes, where the average person runs a six-minute mile. I am once again out of my element.
Today‘s main event was a trip to an interactive art exhibit by the collective Meow Wolf. The group is not animal-centric and I have no explanation for the name. I also have no explanation for the installation, Convergence Station, which is 70,000 square feet of three hundred artists‘ collaborative sci-fi fever dream. The loose premise is that chunks of four worlds had been drawn together through quantum entanglement, creating a garbled mass of cultural and architectural zaniness. The main draw is the sheer scale and quality of creation. Every room is stuffed to the gills with detail—flyers on alley walls, tomes detailing the worlds’ mythologies, shops stocked with alien supplies. There are rooms dedicated to indigenous people and disabled artists, two-player video game diversions, and a horrifying ’90s pizza birthday palace knock-off. You can either lean back and let the sensations wash over you, or soak up as much minutiae as possible. If you are the type of person who delights in the beautiful, the uncanny, and the absurd, this was made for you.
I only left when my ravenously hungry stomach could no longer be ignored. I had completed the main adventure within, but still had plenty of secondary puzzles left to solve. Hopefully, I’ll return and answer the riddle that brings honor to our robo-fish overlords. After swinging back to Boulder, I hiked part of the Flatiron Mountains with Sam and inhaled an entire pizza. Today was a great day.
I’m flying home this weekend for a family event, so the blog will be on pause until Monday. I’ll check in then—enjoy the weekend, everyone!
You’re getting an opportunity to EXPAND your mind and your view of things as you journey. I’m glad you’re experiencing so much and thinking about it.
I’m sure you’re learning as much first-hand as I enjoy reading this blog.
Ain’t America GRAND?!?!
How opportune that you happened to be in Denver in time to enjoy Convergence Station. Your pictures are worth a thousand words! I am wondering if you were able to answer the riddle that brings honor to our robo-fish overlords. Love, Grandma
Convergence Station looks like a trip. Your dad was just telling me that it’s a permanent installation and there are a couple of more of them in other states. Your pictures are worth a thousand words. I am wondering if you were able to answer the riddle that brings honor to our robo-fish overlords.
Love, Grandma