Try to get bored, I dare you.

Try to get bored, I dare you. New York City is the only place in the world where the word ‘boredom’ is derived from a dead language. Everywhere you look your eye catches on the corners of glimmering buildings and the worn edges of statues.

In New York City art lives within everything. It beats like a heart, pumping life into the city. It pulses with an unapologetic individualism, daring you to think in ways you once thought impossible. Everywhere you look there is something new. It is not a place for passive observance, but a site for those hungry for deeper meaning. Perhaps it is the reflective surfaces of the skyscrapers that allow the city to perform like a spyglass, revealing its wealth of human truths. The artwork of the city, from the masterpieces that line the MOMA’s walls, to the graffiti sprayed against weathered brick, tells a story. Your time in New York City is limited. Do not take these glimpses for granted. Absorb all you can.

-Madaline Myers