Art Museums

I went to an art museum today, my first visit in a long time. It was the Seattle Asian Art Museum, and I was overwhelmed when I walked into that first gallery. For some of us, our soul needs "art" like our body needs food. It's been too long.
The image of Tom Hanks in "Philadelphia" came to mind, where he's moved to tears listening to an opera. I'm not an opera fan, but I can identify with the emotions. Beautiful, painted scrolls, centuries old jade carvings and bowls, a collection of tiny snuff bottles...
I lived in Japan for a year back in the 80s, and I visited several other countries in Asia. I look forward to going to mainland China next year or in 2011.
I uploaded this image from bing.com (www.time.com):