Neti Neti and Rothko
I first sat in a room full of Rothkos at MoMA in late 2006 or early 2007. I had come to New York to visit my family that was residing there at the time and ended up in that room full of giant rectangles of color somehow. I had no idea what I was looking at or who Mark Rothko was at the time. I just sat there for what felt like eternity, staring at life-size fields of color that evoked a strong feeling, drawing me in for reasons I could not name. I just know it mattered because I have never stopped chasing that feeling since.