Something Wonderful
Let's go admire the Sistine Chapel.
A while back, I wrote about my last visit to the Sistine Chapel when, as I admired Michelangelo’s glorious work, my phone buzzed in my pocket, so I went out to take the call and discovered it was a salesman at a flooring store in Glenn Burnie, MD, letting me know my flooring order had arrived. For that and many other reasons, a few years later, I stopped using mobile phones completely. Good times, good times.
A visit to the Sistine Chapel was a perennial on my bucket list, starting when someone gave me a huge volume of everything Michelangelo. but until I saw the chapel after the frescos were cleaned and restored, I had no idea how brilliant the colors really were. I use the word glorious to describe the chapel, because, well, it is. I can’t think of a better word for it.
If you don’t have the time or the money to travel to Rome, below is an excellent way to see the chapel from the comfort of your hammock.
https://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/index_sistina_en.htm
One of my kids elected to attend a college without ever first setting foot on the campus. Full disclosure: she was peripherally familiar with the area, because she'd visited family in the next town over. And she had a childhood friend who attended the same institution. Still, a virtual tour was all she needed to be satisfied.
I think of all the people in all the places across all the centuries who have relied on images and words to experience what they could never see in person. This is, as you say, wonderful!
That is amazing , Switter. I have known about the Sistine chapel since I was a little kid going to Catholic school. I’ve seen photos in books but I don’t recall ever seeing the whole view like this! It is much more expansive than I realized.
I have not been to Rome but it is calling me. I want to see/feel the pageantry and the glorious art that I think is there. What I don’t like is crowds of people. In my imagination, I want to see the Sistine Chapel and other holy sites in stillness. Ain’t going to happen, ya know? I think if I go in winter I might have a quieter experience but it still won’t be quiet.
I also have the annoyance with all things surrounding the business of travel. I would need to convince myself that I could accept the robber barons of air travel . I’m working on it. Stories of air travel abuse and greed disgust me.
Thanks for the motivation though!