Seattle Museum of Art Features Quilleutes

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Hoh Valley, Olympic National Park, Oregon, USA

A long time ago my husband and I went out to the Olympic peninsula.  While we stayed in the sunniest town out there, Sequim, we did pass through Forks on our way to the Hoh Rain Forest.  The Hoh  Rain Forest is part of the amazingly diverse Olympic National park where you can go from glaciers to a beach in one day.

The Hoh Rain Forest looks much like the location of the "I know what you are" scene in Twilight.  I actually believe in my heart that they start off in front of the visitor center. But, I doubt they allow vampires to rip trees out of the ground.

This comes up because I have spent the past week in Vancouver and Seattle.  My oldest friend from college lives in Seattle and when we are on the west coast we always try to stop in.  Mark took us to the Seattle Art Museum to see the Picasso exhibit but we did wander about the well-curated collection and came upon their great collection of Pacific North West tribes art.  Well, I laughed and said, "Oh yeah I'm sure they have an exhibit including Twilight. " Well they do include it in the exhibit and discuss the "shape-shifting  Werewolves" of the films and books. That is how far into culture our "silly little interest" in the world of paranormal literature has gone.

Sadly, I didn't run into any film shoots while up here.

So the exhibit at the museum did cause a stir in the press see http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012589090_quileute11m.html 

and this  from Art Daily: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=39975 

and Quileute Legends Exhibit Hosted at Seattle Art Museum Starting in August

It was definitely interesting and fun to see Twilight mentioned in this very serious art museum. 

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I really love the Pacific Northwest and I understand what drives people here.  The cities are young, both in terms of US history and their populations. The cities seem willing to try new solutions. The Seattle Public Library opened in 2004 is a work of art and a marvel of technology all on its own.  The weather is great!  Vancouver is also great!  I really love Canada.  

If you can get to this area try to enjoy it for the many, many aspects it offers other than the "home" of the Twilight saga.


When this post appears, I will have just gotten home. I am currently waiting to board my first flight. Maybe Edward can just come by and give me a piggyback ride at full vampire speed!

Talk to you on the other side!  I am doing the Crazy-for-books Book Bloggers Hop but will return follows and such Saturday.  

For more about the filming of the first film in the saga, Twilight see the very informative Director's Notebook by director Catherine Hardwicke.