As Christmas fast approaches, malls are going to be getting more traffic as many of us do our consumer duty to spend money to show our appreciation to others. I’m not going to say if that is right or wrong, but what I am going to mention, with this image, is that it seems that it hasn’t ever really been different. This statue seems to be a core sample showing consumer items from various ages past. The travesty isn’t that there is this comment to be made, the tragedy is that this, like many other pieces of public art are ignored by all but a small percentage of people. CrossIron Mills, the new mall in Balzack has many pieces of public art and looking at Flickr as a sample, there are few few people who have taken the time to shoot them. Granted, public art is often placed in busy areas and used a means of distraction rather than attraction, but does it have to be that way? The Cloud Gate in Chicago is an example of art that attracts.
Someone asked me one time why I put a PoW up on this blog. I told them that I do it as a way to reflect on something that I’m learning about and that I’ve been developing a passion for. Because if I am not learning something, how can I comment on teaching and learning? For photography, the world is really my teacher. Gaining inspiration from the work of my contacts in real life and online, I’m learning how to appreciate the small details, or as is the case for this art, the large details as well. In my mind this is no different than learning anything else in any other field, regardless of who the instructor is.
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