At the SFMOMA rooftop sculpture garden

While it would be cheesy to say that the new rooftop sculpture garden at SFMOMA  is a little slice of heaven, sometimes the cliches are apt.  I had a great moment there yesterday afternoon.  I can enter the museum for free now with my Academy of Art ID, which is very satisfying, and the garden is a place that I will enjoy returning to again and again at different times of day.  I sat sipping a delicious decaf Americano out of a ceramic cup with saucer and watched the Calder sculpture swing in the stiff breeze.  I am accustomed to seeing Calder mobiles attached to the ceiling and undulating underneath.  Here, the mount is below and the swinging metal arm is closest to the sky.

   

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