{"id":14473,"date":"2023-04-24T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14473"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:37:15","slug":"my-corner-of-the-world-bentonville-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14473","title":{"rendered":"My Corner of the World – Bentonville, Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Early in April, Heather and I ventured over to Bentonville, Arkansas for a little weekend getaway. Bentonville is of course the headquarters of Walmart. A gigantic company by anybody’s standard. It is also home to the amazing Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, founded by a Walmart heir. Bentonville is also in an area of incredible natural beauty, woods, hills, lakes, ravines, streams. It is gorgeous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High rises are going up in once sleepy little Bentonville<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You couple that with Walmart’s reported insistence that companies that do business with them have a local presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A painting from the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa at Crystal Springs as the Gilcrease is being rebuilt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So out of this mish mash stew, an amazing city has sprouted up. Great restaurants, coffee bars, brew pubs. As people all over the country have converged on the city and transformed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A high definition video of an oilfield worker, on display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The art museum has ballooned all over town and is building an addition that will add 60% more space to the main museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Frank Lloyd Wright designed house bought by the museum and reassembled on the museum grounds. – No interior photos allowed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Talk about a fun place to visit. Just a couple hours from Tulsa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An oilfield paintingl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And the main part is all walkable. We rented a condo just a couple blocks off downtown. We were able to walk to the museum over some beautiful trails. We walked to restaurants, coffee places, and bars and went for long walks in the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk about edgy, pink here there and everywhere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We saw some incredible edgy art that I don’t quite understand. I think art should take you to your limits. That is where growth happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A night time installation of flowing letters that assemble into words and sentences.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The dividing line between art, museums, town, and nature are very blurred in Bentonville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seen on the trail from the town square to the museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We had a great time. We celebrated my birthday. Another trip around the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another seen on the trail to the museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is a rejuvenating place. It almost has a Santa Fe vibe about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ok, just one more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We’ll be back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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