Unexpected elation......

Even though we had already been assigned this blog post and we were supposed to be aware of when we felt pure joy at the sight or smell or sound of something, I was taken by surprise by the pure joy I felt yesterday at roughly 8:37 pm.  It was the first day of my part time job as a server at Gyu-kaku, a Japanese BBQ restaurant opening in November on Ohio street right next to the gallery we will be visiting next week. Sitting around the grilling tables of the third floor, the management informed us we would have to learn 9 phrases in Japanese.  I was suddenly and unexpectedly excited about coming to work simply so I could shout "Irasshaimase, konbanwa!" Of course this has nothing to do with the ecstatic cry of "beautiful" in regards to artwork but I also felt a little something akin to joy staring at the cow mural made to look like the shape of Japan on the third floor....