The Salvador Dali Museum

My wife and I just got back from a wonder 25th anniversary trip to St. Pete, Florida. One of the things that we saw was the Salvador Dali Museum.

We've been to St. Pete three other times, always with kids, and we knew about the museum but never stopped by.

Well, this time we were childless, and paid a visit.

All I can say is: WOW!!!

All I really knew about Dali before my visit last week was the melting watches, from The Persistence of Memory, painted in 1931.

A visit to the museum showed me the real genius known as Salvador Dali.

For instance, were you aware that Dali's paintings were the source of the dream sequence in the Hitchcock classic from 1945, Spellbound?

And did you know that Dali wrote a screenplay in 1937 for the Marx Brothers called Giraffes on Horseback Salads? It was judged by the Powers That Be as being "too surreal" for Hollywood.

If you can, visit the Dali Museum in person (a bargain at less than 20 bucks a pop). If not, enjoy the website.

http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/

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