if you build it

I am on vacation so please accept this “postcard” posting.

At Millennium Park in downtown Chicago there is a sculpture nicknamed "The Bean". Its polished surface attracts hundreds of visitors at a time gawking at their ever-changing fun-house style reflections (including yours truly). Onehundred yards from this sculpture is a fountain consisting of two fifty-foot tall monolithic rectangular structures (think 2001 Space Odyssey) that display the smiling face of a child on the facade and if you wait for it…water gushes from the mouth, cascading over the eager waders. On the day of our visit it was thronged with gleeful children frolicking in the water. A third oversized sculpture is nearby that looks like a partially melted Tupperware container. We walked by it twice. Five people were at it the first time and seven the next time. Clearly the adage; “If you build it, they will come.” is not universally applicable.

So, what are you creating?

Make a good day,
Tod

PS. Photo credit: http://www.math.uic.edu/photos/Bean.jpg

PSS. For all you purists, the proper quotation is "If you build it, he will come", watch the trailer: http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie/149943/field-of-dreams