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Sep 2007: Summer is over. We are about to fall behind. The sun is going south. The spray is coming in. Eat your paneer tikkas before they get cold and soggy.
Sep 2007: Here's adding to my favorite theme: sun and moon. Pictures of the setting moon and rising sun, or rising sun and setting moon conjure up images more powerful than what meets the eye. Here, the reflection of the rising sun on a man-made skyscraper 200 yards away stands glaringly in contrast with its reflection on the romantic celestial object far-far-away.
Sep 2007: The Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa is the best example of public art in modern times. Hundreds of people come together in a free-for-all 5,000 sq ft area waiting in anticipation for two (of the thousand) randomly selected Faces of Chicago to gargle water and bring a simple smile on every face; regardless of race, religion, riches or language.
Sep 2007: From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the water cannon at Nicholas J Melas Centennial Plaza in Chicago sprays water across a 222 ft section of the Chicago river on top of the hour for 10 minutes. To get across to the other side, the speed of water needs to be about 58 mph or 96 kmph. Assuming the diameter of the blowhole to be 6-9", this means a speed of 500-1000 liters per second (140 to 280 gallons per second). For engineers who could reverse the flow of the entire Chicago River overnight, this may not be that big a deal, but managing the flow of over 100,000 gallons under 10 minutes seems pretty ominous to me. Here is a geometrically appealing look at the blowhole on a bright and sunny Labor Day weekend. Visually similar to a large floodlight, this invokes images of particle-wave duality.
Sep 2007: If buildings were multi-storied because of the number of stories about it, the Smurfit-Stone building would rate higher than Sears Tower. The legend I would like to believe is the ultra-yonic message it sends across the pro-phallic skyline. Building on the feminist metaphor, here you see her egg encapsulate Chicago in its underbelly as the sunlit mother nurtures.
Sep 2007: Cloudgate or bean by Anish Kapoor is "a poetic idea about the city it reflects", Chicago. Jewish artist, Bombay-born, half-Indian half-Iraqi, and British national: as multi-dimensional as his multi-award-winning works. This is the bean's navel (Omphalos) where infinite concave mirrors converge. The navel: former life-source, core of one's being, the button to your soul. Depending on the focal length of each "plane", one object forms infinitely different images. Look eye-to-eye at your reflection in all its avatars.