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<\/a><\/p>\nI see a teakettle among the beautiful pieces and I think of my kettle-collecting grandmother back home.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t resist purchasing it for her.\u00a0 For a reasonable price, I got her the newest addition to her collection.\u00a0 I was even tempted to buy a piece for myself!<\/p>\n
As soon as I took myself away from Colm\u2019s beautiful pottery, I begin to look at the event as a whole.\u00a0 Being at the art fair blinded me of the fact that I was at a national bank.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t something I\u2019d typically find back home in the states, an art fair at a bank.\u00a0 When speaking with Colm, he told me that every so often the bank allows small business, usually for art and food, to come display their work.\u00a0 I not only see that I\u2019m at an art fair at a bank, but I\u2019m able to look beyond that.\u00a0 I went on to think about Dublin\u2019s open and publically displayed love for the arts and small, striving businesses.\u00a0 America has an obsession with big corporate businesses and it is beautifully refreshing for me to experience this love for the arts that Dublin displays.<\/p>\n
I am sitting in my room right now, staring at the teakettle. \u00a0I\u2019m reflecting on what this will mean to me in the future. Right now, I\u2019m being reminded of my grandmother while I am miles away from her. And then I think, when I\u2019m back home in America in a few weeks, when I look at it, what will I think of?\u00a0 I know that every time I look at it I will think of my summer in Dublin.<\/p>\n
The sun is shining early this afternoon as I stroll through the beautiful streets of Dublin, taking in the new culture that surrounds me.\u00a0 Along the journey, gazing admirably at the city life, I stumble upon the pillared, powerful looking … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"