I saw the pretty changing colors and was particularly appreciative of one place where I stood in shadow and the nearest gates were lit up with sun. My strongest feeling, though, was that they could have built a couple of schools in New York for the same money and created something of both beauty and lasting value. I also had a sense of standing there with the sun on my face in the middle of all these orange gates that are set up like a bunch of giant toys and at the same time being aware of all the suffering that goes on, both far and near, from a simple lack of commitment to solving problems like hunger. It was an interesting experience. Perhaps not what Cristo had intended, but who knows?
Crystal Premo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:30:21 -0500
On 20 Feb 2005 at 19:37, Crystal Premo wrote:
> I must confess that I used almost the exact words. It didn't uplift > me in any way.
This kind of art is not really something you can appreciate in pictures -- it's really only something you can "get" except by walking through it.
-- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
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