Because working on a computer for hours at a time (in a single sitting) is not good for anyone, I try to take short, frequent breaks to get in some stretching and walking as much as possible. Fortunately, my office is in the Grohmann Museum on the campus of Milwaukee School of Engineering, so not only do my walks get the blood moving and help to work out the kinks in general but they also give me a chance to surround myself with art along the way.
I know this isn’t exactly art.
But it was a fun thing to notice as I walked laps around the second floor in the very late afternoon one day last week. Just a very striking intersection of planes and angles—and as I am a fan of abstract, geometrical images, I naturally had to stop and take a picture.
The above image is a cropped close-up area of the picture I took. Isolating it from the larger context allowed me to approximate the moment of “intersection” that caught my eye.
Below is the entire photo. I’ve worked in this building since it opened in 2007. Not once in nearly 20 years have I noticed that specific little corner of the ceiling before. I’m not sure what drew my attention last week, but there must have been something unique in the quality of light and shadow created at that particular time from both inside and outside (sun) sources.
By the way, do you see the painting below the red “Exit” sign? It’s a Norman Rockwell, titled “The Bookworm.” According to an Artnet News story, it sold in 2015 for $3,834,000, well above Sotheby’s presale estimated value of $1.5 to $2.5 million.
It’s quite astonishing to me, now that I take a moment to reflect on it, that a painting worth that much money could be part of my ordinary daily routine.
Katherine Wikoff 
Sounds like an awesome place to work. You’re very lucky!
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It is definitely awesome, and I need to stop and deliberately realize that fact more often. Like everyone, I can get so caught up in the day-to-day crush of schedules and “to do” lists that all the artwork sort of fades into the background. I suppose it’s only human to take things you see every day for granted, but remembering to count one’s blessings also seems an important part of making a good life!
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You have an amazing eye. I wouldn’t have noticed that corner. Zoomed in it is just amazing art.
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Thank you!❤️
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My thoughts exactly!
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Thank you!❤️
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I think that intersection of colours is extremely pleasing! It just perfectly scratches an itch I didn’t know I had.
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I don’t usually go for beige, but I thought it was a very calming color combo, too. And although I had been thinking of the “intersection” as one in which all the flat surfaces and corners met together, now that you have phrased your description the way you did, I can see that the colors are also intersecting with each other!
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