After all this time in Washington DC, I get to get out of town, finally. Intentionally, Detroit is the first city I’d like to visit. That’s for some good reasons—to get the sense of changing urban landscape and to see Sigur Rós concert. It turns out to be one of my self-revelation peaks.
Downtown 
Abandoned Gaslight Restaurant 
View from Campus Martius Park 
Mussels with local beer
Saturday in Detroit is actually quite short. It is almost 6 pm when I get downtown to walk around the city whereas the show starts at 8.30 pm. So, there isn’t much time to explore the famous urban decay. Although there are many abandoned buildings, it is not as dramatic as it sounded years ago.
Probably, the city is slowly in reincarnation phase. You get the sense of city’s rebounding from a local creative business like local breweries such as one I have at Detroit Beer Company. It has a long history of art and music scene. I can see it now from Fox Theater. The over-the-top Art Deco interior just amazes me. I wish I could explore more and more.
Embroidered seat 
The lobby 
On the way to WC 
The hall
While waiting for the show, the combination of the theatre’s visual stimulant and the meditative walk-in music put me to process the whole experience so far. My head keeps chanting ‘I’m in Fox Theater in Detroit to see Sigur Rós’. An intense journey I haven’t had for a long time kicks off.
During the first half of the show, my emotion gets so overwhelmed by self-reflection that I start to sob.
I’ve been soul searching since I made the big move to this current job in DC last year. (That includes the trip to Sydney in May-June this year and I should blog about it later.) And lately, I have convinced myself as an INFP. It ticks the boxes I question about my own decisions in my life. The evening with the mantra ‘I’m in Fox Theater in Detroit to see Sigur Rós’ has just put a nail on it.
Understanding myself as an INFP processes me why I wanted to visit Detroit before anywhere else in the States and why Sigur Rós. For the first time in many years, I think I’m clear why I’m here, hence, where and how I’d like to go further.
It’s a short day with a long internal journey in Detroit. In the end, it gets you the feeling of self-discovery. Everything seems to make sense now. All effort is worth it and the rest of the trip is the bonus. I shall move forward and explore.
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