Murakami is wonderful.

Genevieve and I went to the Brooklyn Museum's exhibit yesterday, it was fabulous. It was fun to run around with her because she doesn't seem to take any of this seriously. I'm not sure if there's any value in actually doing that. The labels tried very hard to put some deeper meaning to everything, which kind of just made us giggle. Apparently he wanted to make art "that makes your mind go blank, that leaves you gaping". I suppose laughing is a kind of natural way to deal with that kind of overload. That or running away.

Here's the link to the exhibit, with some general information. I also took pictures of Tongari-kun, set up in the front of the museum.




And here's something from the animations they were showing. It's so cute...