Chabad of Northwest Arkansas

Since most of our children study out of town, Dobi and I truly enjoy the holidays of Pesach and sukkos, not only because of the holiday but also because we have all our children home for these few weeks. It’s great family time: the little ones enjoy their big brothers and sister and as parents, we just kvell with nachas . (Yes, we try to focus more on the pleasure than on the noise levels or the triple loads of laundry and cooking.)

As everyone was due to leave on Monday, we planned a family horseback riding trip on Sunday, and when canceled due to weather, we scrambled for something to do. We ended up settling on visiting the Exquisite Creatures exhibit at Crystal Bridges.

The show attempts to “reveal the intricate beauty and diversity of nature through three-dimensional works comprised of animal, mineral, and plant specimens arranged in precise, geometric compositions.” It’s a beautiful display and one we thoroughly enjoyed (at least until the little ones got bored of it….)

It usually doesn’t take much to tell apart the animal specimens from the plant and mineral ones. It’s easy to see the difference between a lizard and a seashell, yet a few items were confusing, and it was hard to decide if this was a bug or a rock, or some other unique creature that looked like both a plant and an animal.

From JewishNWA.org