-THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
There were many sorts of paintings, such as Greek, Roman, as well as African, Asian, North American, Indonesian expostions and other styles and art periods, like Renaissance art, modernist, contemporary, realist, impressionist, and expressionist paintings. Inside the museum, it was like a labyrinth, very confusing. We also saw some private collections donated to the museum.I really found the African and Indonesian expositions quite interesting, especially the wooden heads masks from Africa and Indonesia.
- THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER
The most impressive sculptures for me were the long white pole pointing up to the sky, with people walking straight in a line over it, and a group of beheaded people.
-THE 6TH FLOOR MUSEUM AT DEALEY PLAZA(where John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated).
During the visit, we listened to a walkman guide, which talked about the 35th USA President's life: his family, his programs, his election campaign, his policies, the main events of his professional life, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Exploration, Nuclear Test Ban Agreement, the Vietnam War, his assassination, etc. From the windows of the 6th floor, we could see the sniping spot where the magnicide took place - in the 89th Street of Dallas. It was believed that the sniper Lee Harvey Oswald was the one responsible for shooting Kennedy on November 22, 1963 at 12:30 P.M. There were many legal documents, home-made videos and documentaries about the event. I found out also that two days after Kennedy's death and Oswald's arrest, Lee Harvey Oswald, in the middle of an interview, was shot by Jack Leon Ruby at 1:07 P.M. I also read in the museum that there was a public suspicion in 1988 and a possible conspiracy, that maybe Lee Harvey Oswald was a member of a complot that wanted to devise a plan to kill Kennedy. I also read that in 2013 the name of the true murderer will be revealed to the whole world. Indeed, there four shots on November 22: one missed, another hit Kennedy in the neck and went through his palm, another one hit one of the other politicians in the car, and the last one hit Kennedy in the head.
Later, at 6 P.M. we went to see an exciting basketball match between the Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Hornetts. It was the last match of this year's regular league, just before the play-offs. But before we arrived to the stadium, as most of us were calmly walking across the street, we were suddenly offered the chance to ride on a cool bus full of graffiti! Once inside, the driver gave us a marker to write our names and signatures on the walls or ceilings while he drove us to the basketball stadium.
The match was very crowded and noisy, full of emotions and motivation from the public. "Deeeefense! Defense!" those cheering shouts still resound in my ears. In the breaks, there were some crazy games for winning loads of money; for instance, we saw two people covered with glue rolling on the floor full of dollar bills, and the one that had pasted the most bills earned a huge amount of money. What also surprised me were the big screens showing couples from the public kissing and hugging; it was funny. The final score was 111-98, so we were very happy at the end, so much that several boys of my class started dancing. After the match, I bought a Mavericks T-shirt that had the name of "Stackhouse" and Alberto bought a Mavericks T-shirt with the name of "Kidd". Mr.Jenkins, a former ASB teacher, then drove Olivia, Alberto and me to Olivia's house, where we had dinner as soon as we arrived, and immediately after that went to bed since we were so weary.
Go Mavericks!!!
Luis, Brooke B., Rocío, and Ane
Ibón, Luis, Brooke B., and Rocío
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