Levitated Mass... Last Friday, I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to check out Michael Heizer's 340-ton sculpture called Levitated Mass. Consisting of a 21.5-foot tall boulder that was transported from a rock quarry in Riverside County to the L.A. museum earlier this year (on a protracted 107-mile route—despite the fact the quarry is only around 60 miles from LACMA), the sculpture is pretty impressive. Of course, it's not impressive enough for me to take 200 pictures of it like I did at the USS Iowa in San Pedro one week ago, but Levitated Mass was still interesting to see up-close in person. However, I'm probably being generous in this journal entry because I didn't have to pay admission to view Levitated Mass in person. It costs $15 for a general admission ticket to visit LACMA (which excludes the $10 for parking across the street, on a lot that's on the corner of Spaulding Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard); Levitated Mass is displayed in a large granite area behind the museum that isn't fenced off to non-paying attendees. So if you have the chance and aren't jaded enough to smirk at the idea of commuting long distances (if you don't live in or near west L.A.) to stare at a giant rock, then visit Levitated Mass whenever you can. Oh, and I'm sure there are other things to see at LACMA while you're there. As I said earlier, I never dished out that $15. Carry on.
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