I guess a lot of my preconceived notions of the city before I visited it was a lot about the glory and glitz. I always thought that it was such a grand and spectacular place where everyone was famous and rich and cool things were always going on in the streets. I think a lot of people have thought that about New York at least once in their life. Most of the movies that I've gained notions of New York from were positive and 'the American Dream.' Of course there were those gangster movies or whatever that showed the 'bad' sides of towns, but I think those only increased my interest in the city. There's something about the portrayal of New York that's always been mysterious and intriguing to me. Now that I've been there and experienced some of the culture I think one word I would use to describe it would be versatile. I could roam around the city for weeks discovering and seeing new things and people and that's what I love about New York. And one thing I know now from being there a few times is that it isn't always glitz and glam and famous people and lives like Sex and the City, but it's still awesome.
I think a lot of what I'll learn from this trip to New York is a way to find inspiration everywhere and anywhere. The city to me has always been about a place to go to vacation and look at monuments and experience the all American trip to New York, but I'm excited to take it a step further. New York is filled with inspiration, art, design, and I'm looking forward to diving deeper into the art culture of New York and how art has evolved through culture there.
Not to mention my recent viewing of the new Great Gatsby movie about 5 times in theaters gets me pretty excited about the city. If only it were the 1920s....
