Posts Tagged as ‘Chicago’

December 4, 2008

Value in Meaning

I was discussing this shot with someone (taken on a street in the Gold Coast area in Chicago) about the meaning of the stencil.  Maybe he was more “civic minded” than me but he thought it was all “free speech” – “right on!” – that on that street, your thoughts mattered, and you should share them.
I, on [...]

July 7, 2008

Clouds

There’s something lovely about the word cloud. For some it may mean being a being downcast and sad, but for me it’s more about optimism and fuzzy-good-feelings.   One of my favourite public sculptures is Cloud Gate, by Anish Kapoor.  Every time I have been to see it – in the heat or the snow – [...]