As I was taking one last peruse of the Michelangelo exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum, Matthias was off in a room building a tower of blocks to reach to heaven.
There in a corner of the room where the window runs floor to ceiling sitting on a chair absolutely absorbed with the city life right below her was Taite. When I asked what she was doing she just kept staring and said, “There is so much going on out there it is hard to keep up with it all.” Right across the street was a flashing neon pink sign that read, “Lusty Ladies” and she commented, “And I have seen a lot of women going in there.”
There is something about the city that apart from the ‘Lusty Ladies’ is so appealing to me. The shops in a city that are so specific, like a shop that sells nothing but costume jewelry I mean, how many people are needing to purchase a piece of costume jewelry on a daily basis? or cupcakes and they can manage to be snooty about it, like, ‘you cheapskate you are taking that on a napkin instead of paying the extra for our super fancy box-to-go’ or a store that sells rubber stamps, that’s it rubber stamps and they manage to sell enough to pay the rent and pay the staff!
There is so much commerce going on that people can really hone a skill and succeed and even be all in your face about a flippin’ cupcake if they want. I actually love the city for that, the whole attitude thing.
You can just see Taite off of Matthias's shoulder just staring away below her.
