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Inspired by . . . a kind of greatness

Have you ever been to a place where you wanted to take pictures, but it was so overwhelming you just didn't know where to start?

Nashville and the Country Music Hall of Fame was like that for me.

It's not just the architecture, which is amazing. . . .

The sky reflecting in the building behind the Hall of Fame adds another dimension to this image. See how little the people are? There is a "largeness" to this place that follows you inside.

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The "greatness" here doesn't end with the architecture. Inside are three floors dedicated to displaying the "greatest" in the world of Country Music. The sheer number of displays, pictures, artifacts, videos, clothing, etc. really is overwhelming! And their website says that, "less than one-tenth of the artifacts belonging the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum are on display at one time." – wow!

It was interesting to see who used up the most wall/floor space. Some of the artist's displays took up enough space to fit a small house. Being from Texas we were disappointed to see nothing on George Strait until spotting his plaque in the rotunda.

What? The "King of Country Music" doesn't have a display in the CMHF? George Strait, who has the most number one hits – in any genre, not just country music! Things became a little clearer when we learned that the majority of the artifacts here are donated. A little more digging on the internet and we learned that Mr. Strait had donated something, not currently on display, to CMHF:

A shirt, hand-tooled leather belt with gold George Strait Bud Lite team-roping championship buckle, and Wrangler jeans worn by Strait.

Modest? I think so.

Here's a look from the inside looking out.

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And here is my submission to Kim's prompt "from above" for this week's Texture Tuesday link up. This is looking down into the gift shop.

Textured with Kim's poetic and seriousmagic textures

I took a lot of pictures inside of the displays. But with the low light, bright lights, reflecting lights or no lights, none of the pictures came out very well.

You'll just have to go see for yourself!

And don't forget to click over to Kim's TT party {on Tuesday} and leave some love!

Have a wonder-filled day,