Response Paper #2

Finally the Lacma Lights

            This past spring break I finally got to do something I’ve been trying to do for the longest time. I got to go see the Lacma Lights, which are located at the entrance to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. These lights were assemblage sculpted by Chris Burden in 2008. The Lacma Lights consist of 202 restored street lamps from the 1920’s and 1930’s and most of them once lit the streets of southern California. These cast iron street lights are of 17 styles, are painted a uniform grey color, and placed in a forest-like pattern. The lacma lights are also solar powered and are switched on at dusk.

            I have been trying to go see the Lacma lights for a few years now, but I just never found the time to do so. After seeing the movie “No Strings Attached,” I then realized I wanted to go visit this site because it looked so nice. So anyways, I drove home to LA with my girlfriend this spring break and we stayed at her sister’s house in Downtown Los Angeles. To be honest, I never knew exactly where the Lacma Ligthts were. Then one night over spring break we were on our way to Starbucks and I look over and see the Lacma Lights. I immediately pulled over to go over and see them. As we were trying to take pictures, it was hard to get a good shot with no one standing in the background because so many people go there every night. It is a tourist attraction so many tourist frequent this place literally all day.          

            While we were there we took lots and lots of pictures in many different funy poses and what not. We also took a lot of pictures for other people who wanted to have a family picture. I got to see many different ethnicities and many different smiles all having fun at this tourist site. I am planning on going back here every time I get to go back home to Los Angeles because its such a great environment and it’s a nice place to go and have a bite to eat maybe on a small date with someone special. If I were handed a free ticket to any place in the world, I would definitely go to Santorini Greece to go to a really nice cave pool. These cave pools are so beautiful and I bet anyone in the world, would want to experience being in a place like this.