Location Taken: Chicago, Illinois
Time Taken: April 2008
I don’t know why the grassy areas near the Field Museum in Chicago had a display of, well, spheres. But they did. Might still, for all I know.
I suppose if you’re going for a theme, “spheres” isn’t too bad of one. It’s quite simple to wrap your head around, if you think about it. And there’s a lot of room to work with conceptually. I’d eludicate, but there are two fine examples in this photo already.
Not to mention that any sphere shape already gains the bonus symbolism of “Celestial Body”, since the sun, moon, and planets are all spheroids. The strongest is probably the “sphere=Earth” connection, since so many people already use that. You know, a cracked rocky sphere talks about the effects of drought or the like. My Art Student training keeps pointing out this sorts of symbolism just because teachers kept asking me about what this or the other artwork was symbolizing and expecting me to have an immediate answer. I got really good at pulling things out of my hat (or other places) thanks to that. It might be part of why I’ve managed to always have something to say for each post, even in the worst of conditions.
But yeah, spheres. Odd ones. Fun paths around them too. If I remember correctly the paths were made of that squishy rubber you find in playgrounds, the one that’s really good at shock absorption. Either that or it was just standard stone, but looking at the photo, well, there aren’t any stones that look like that out there…
