exhibition
The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats
Ok, this is not ‘pop up’, ‘fundit’ or ‘DIY’. I still think it’s cool. The guy has been around for ages, everyone remotely Irish knows him or think they do. The exhibition, full of beautiful alcoves and dimly lit nooks, won several awards, mostly to the joy of tourists who come to find out that Ireland’s greatest poet and national treasure was a bit of a crazy who was into astrology and fairies. Which is exactly what I loved about this exhibition. It shows a different side of Yeats, probably the side that wrote ‘A Vision.’ I plan to go back alone and take time studying all the hand-written notebooks, drawings, illustrations and watching videos with headphones, like a proper foreigner I am. Partly because I always wanted to do that and partly because I still secretly believe that you can learn something new from the old. / Nadia Gativa
