Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Double Take

400 block Heights Boulevard
If "Did I Really Just See That?" and "But Is It Art?" had a love child, it might look something like this. Part of a new exhibition of sculpture along the Heights Boulevard median, it definitely caught my attention as I was driving home yesterday. IMNSHO, the sight lines are best if you are driving north.

I'm left wondering if the maker had a purpose other than engendering surprise. Is it a comment on the futility of religion? The triumph of entropy? The collision of dissimilar cultures? The endless inventiveness of humans when it comes to extracting meaning where none was intended? Are we even in Kansas any more?

Overcast, about sunrise, 55mm. Photo edited online with Pixlr.

Update: Per Katy Carpman, the full answer is here. Much more practical - but I think my ideas are more fun.

2 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 2, 2014 at 6:27 AM

    See http://theheightslifehouston.blogspot.com/2014/04/all-signs-point-north.html for the full story. (Unless that might destroy your illusions...)

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    1. David GarverApril 2, 2014 at 6:38 AM

      Thanks! As it happens, Gus and I worked on the same project back in the '80s - it's nice to know he's still making things happen.

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