When dancing, you are free to let go of all your stresses and paint a picture with your body and feet. That is the reason I dance and the reason I love it so much. There is nothing better than after a long day of school and/or work than to just go out onto the dance floor and practice with your partner. Through this process of practicing and working out problems in connection between the two bodies, you and your partner become one entity. You form a bond with your partner that cannot be replicated even in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. 

 The Marian Goodman Gallery of New York City is currently hosting a Gerhard Richter show with a series of oil paintings called 911. Gerhard Richter is a painter who is revolutionary in the same way that Jackson Pollack was for the arts. Pollack began using a drip and splatter technique and at the time, this had never been seen before. In the same way, when Richter unveiled his first paintings, the artistic scene was in awe. He used a technique that smudged and blurred the oil paint colors that he used on the canvas.

My favorite part of the MOMA tour was definitely the "Mod" room. Even though those paintings were created from the 1920's to the 1940's, they remind me so much of the 1960's mod era. I was told by Dr. Bergman that this artist actually inspired the Mod era, which is amazing. The simplicity of the paintings is what captured my attention the most. When I walked into the room, the first thing I said was "Ooo, artwork for your new home!" This is exactly what this kind of art inspires me to do: decorate. It may seem corny, but I love contemporary art.

  Last week, I ventured to the New York Historical Society Museum where they were having a special exhibit on Abraham Lincoln in New York. I was surprised to see so many artifacts in display from Lincoln's time that still looked intact. It was great to see how one of the greatest presidents in American history had so much influence and events that occurred right here in our city. The place where Lincoln said his Cooper Union speech still exists, and I've actually passed by it on my way to St. Mark's place.