by Mike | Mar 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Another visit to MoMA (Museum of Modern Art). Another fun Friday. Friday evenings @ MoMA are FREE!
Although I didn’t stay as long there as I had during my last visit (in January), MoMA proved to be just as intriguing. Starting with the video game exhibits on the second level (Pong, Tempest, Ms. Pac Man, Asteroids), my friend Craig and I walked amongst projections of light flowers, flashing screens, land-mine-inspired creations, and eclectic interiors.
Ultimately, we sauntered to the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibit, where I couldn’t help noticing how one of his proposed buildings, a never-built skyscraper to be named the Mile High Illinois, seemed a precursor to the current World Trade Center . You can see how, like the Freedom Tower, the Mile High Illinois was to have tapering along its sides to reduce wind impact.
I got there kind of late (almost 6pm) but still saw sights aplenty. Afterward, I had a hankering for Mexican food – after having recommended such a venue to a lass from the London area (via Austin Texas). I hope she took my advice. One cannot hope to have enough burritociousness in a single lifetime.
by Mike | Apr 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending the last day of the Raceway Park Car Show and Swap Meet, in Englishtown, NJ. It reaffirmed my fondness for the long American obsession with the automobile.
During the golden age of American automotive might, cars could be rolling behemoths of beauty – many were big and impressive; all were accessible enough for even the weekend mechanic. There clearly was an effort by automakers to impress buyers, owners, drivers, and pedestrians alike.
Anyway, here are some shots from my wanderings there. I took many, many photographs, so I may add more as the mood strikes:
1948-ish Studebaker
1960 Plymouth Savoy
1956 Ford Thunderbird
1965 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback
1972 Plymouth Satellite
1950s Studebaker Pickup Truck
by Mike | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Since spring of 2000, the domain name “michaeljmatera.com” has been connected to my primary business site (I offer WordPress consulting and corporate training services in my professional life). But I’ve decided to set up a personal Web site – something I’ve never done in all the years I’ve been creating Web sites – so I can share bits and pieces of my often half-baked creative endeavors.
If you can handle that, then by all means, please come back. Often.
