<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/YSP-Ai-WaiWaisep16.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3900" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/YSP-Ai-WaiWaisep16-225x300.jpg" alt="ysp-ai-waiwaisep16" width="225" height="300" /></a>They say travel broadens the mind however our population is the most mobile there has ever been and yet narrow mindedness is everywhere. I think culture broadens the mind and sometimes it requires travelling.

On Tuesday I was at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and as always the time spent there was stimulating. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei" target="_blank">Ai WeiWei's</a> cast metal tree is fascinating. It's cast metal from different trees and then bolted together.

A walk up to the long gallery through the gardens is very therapeutic and peaceful.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/YSP-moonsep16.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3899 alignleft" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/YSP-moonsep16-150x200.jpg" alt="ysp-moonsep16" width="150" height="200" /></a>There's something fascinating about shiny things especially when they are very large and reflect our own existence so Moon pushes all of those buttons.

Considering it was September the weather was unbelievably kind and it enhanced my affection for Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

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<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/georgia-okeeffe1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3902 alignright" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/georgia-okeeffe1-194x300.jpg" alt="georgia-okeeffe1" width="194" height="300" /></a>On Thursday I caught the train to London to stay the night with Richard and Nicola. We'd arranged to see the <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/georgia-okeeffe?gclid=Cj0KEQjw0_O-BRCfjsCw25CYzYoBEiQAqO9BDOvm8T2zOu51hG6oHqufxFAtAh5uMiYik6_yqR3rg6YaAl1n8P8HAQ" target="_blank">Georgia O'Keeffe</a> exhibition at Tate Modern. They were there to meet me at  King's Cross station and after leaving my bag at left luggage (how much?) we caught a bus (yes, I went on a bus) down to St Paul's and crossed the river. After a brief lunch we were into the exhibition and I was totally immersed in her work.

There is such a range from the graphic like this view of New York to her very large, detailed paintings of flowers.

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<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/georgia-okeeffe2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3901" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/georgia-okeeffe2-300x156.jpg" alt="georgia-okeeffe2" width="300" height="156" /></a>What moved me the most was her landscapes. I stood in front of several of them and felt moved to tears. These aren't paintings of what she sees they are images created from how she feels - there is love and a oneness about them. Not only did I marvel at them I also felt sad that I could never translate my emotions into something as beautiful as these. It left me with an enduring memory.

On a wet Friday morning Richard took me to his "Man Cave" - a lock up garage (one of his many) where he was in the process of restoring his Jaguar XK150.