Works of Beauty
My friend and I went on an outing to the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls yesterday. 2000 live butterflies call this place home. You experience butterflies in a natural setting amongst a backdrop of lush greenery, a gentle waterfall and moist temps. Earlier this year I attended an art exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario called Mystical Landscapes: Masterpieces from Monet, Van Gogh and More. It seems to me that the Butterfly Conservatory shares certain similarities with an art exhibition. They both feature works of beauty . The butterflies are beautiful and colourful. They are natural works of beauty. They are like living art. I stood mesmerized looking at the butterflies for an hour-and-a-half. Several paintings at Mystical Landscapes were enthralling. One painting in particular that I enjoyed was Van Gogh’s “Starry Night Over the Rhone.” I stood mesmerized looking at this painting for minutes on end. I marvelled at how Van Gogh dep