Inside a Globe

Yesterday, I visited the Mary Baker Eddy Library, which holds a 30-foot stained glass globe. You can walk inside, and it's a geopolitical globe from 1935. It's beautiful, though no longer accurate (think Russia/USSR). Each of the 608 panels of stained glass was designed to be removable for political updating, but they later decided to leave it as it was. As a result, all of the new countries in Africa and around Russia aren't named there. I love maps and globes because I traveled so much during my three years on cruise ships and it's fun to remember the places I've been. So this was a real treat. They don't allow photography inside, so I'm attaching a photo I took of a postcard. In the entryway of the library, there is all kinds of really interesting art. There's a fountain with words projected from the ceiling, so they look like they're swirling around with the water, then spilling out. There are also words that dance across the floor.