Art in Granada

Art is everwhere in Granada! Not just the expected stuff in churches or framed hanging on walls in some over-priced museum, but up every alley, in the way the light shines at certain times of day, and especially in the Spanish themselves, their aristocratic haughty attitude toward style. Older women are impeccably dressed, made-up and coiffoured while their husbands, in tow, are equally elegante, some sporting a silk ascot or handmade tailored suit. Shoe stores abound, every third shop sells perfect little shoes and boots, while next door are lovely bras and undies, next door to that are handmade haut coutour men´s cotton shirts.

I am put together with string and chewing gum so most of this focus on fashion is lost on me, my clothes and style are practical and I am lucky if on any particular day I am CLEAN much less fashionable. But I can appreciate the style and elegance these clothes and shoes provide.

And I absolutely love wandering the calles and alleyways seeing art for what is was meant to be, a spontaneous outpouring of artistic expression and need to note what we perceive in the world.