Art around Belmont

When I visited Belmont's campus for the first time, I was a 17-year-old entering my senior year of high school. It was 1996, and I was in Nashville visiting friends; around 10 at night they decided I should see Belmont's campus. We drove through central campus on Circle Drive, which goes past the mansion, the fountain surrounded by marble statues, the rose garden, and on around - passing more statues, as well as gazebos. I think the appropriate phrase for how I felt that night was "love at first sight."

Aside from the 8 months between my undergrad graduation and my employment at Belmont, I've pretty much been on campus every week since fall of 1997. The sense of wonder I felt the first time I saw the campus never went away completely, and I still love walking slowly through campus and taking in the combination of buildings and landscaping and art.

In fact, these three pictures were taken in the past year - sometimes while walking across campus on a work errand, I can't help but stop and take a picture! A separate entry is needed for pictures of the building I work in. I'll do that next. :)

The below pictures, I mostly took during my first few years of employment. They make me happy. Four of them are printed at 11x17 and on display above my desk, making the office a little more fun.