Marfa Texas
We came to Marfa because it is the location of two great art experiences I have long heard of but never gotten to experience, Prada Marfa and Donald Judd’s compounds, where he established his art and art practice. Prada Marfa is a land art piece. It is a small adobe shop built to mimic a Prada boutique in the middle of the Texas desert, surrounded by hundreds of square miles of barrenness. You cannot enter it but it has two large windows where you can look in at the Prada brand women's shoes and purses. It is stunning in its implications, international fashion juxtaposed against the vastness of the earth. I have never been a big fan of Judd’s work but greatly admire his great visual attempt to find meaning and purpose in the fundamentals of Art, form, and his dependence upon the idea that creating is the highest form of meaning for humans. This is the power of Art for me. It, like no other, shows us our human desire for meaning, for purpose in life. Although many great artists never find the Ultimate Meaning Giver, I admire their all-out abandonment toward the search. It gives me an example of how I am to follow Christ, not only in my faith and religious life but in all of my life, including my vocation. Creating Art is one of the sincerest ways to love God, serve Him, and live to love Him with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength.
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