Ezra starts out by exploring the idea of touch in a gallery/museum setting. While I like to touch art as much as the next person (and often do when I think no one is looking), there are certain types of art that simply don't lend them selves to touch. Some pieces are too fragile, and the oil on our skin can do damage to certain kinds of work. But the idea of a museum in which everything was MEANT to be touched sounds absolutely fantastic. Especial when it comes to ceramic art. I will sometime sneak a touch to see what a texture feels like, but if you could pick a piece up to feel its weight and how it sat in your hand, that would be amazing. We often think of art as limited to being visual, but art that incorporates sound and touch is often so successful.
I enjoyed Ezras description of the house in which nothing can be touched with the separate room that is unlivable. Growing up a very close friend of mine had a house like this, we were constantly being herded form place to place by her mother who was scared that we would damage something. Why in the world would you chose to surround your self with untouchable things, when you could chose comfort and interaction instead?
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