Week 15: Apr. 14, 2024

Rumi, Mark di Suvero, American, 1991, Steel and paint

Lines…

This cloudy day was the perfect time to go back outdoors to capture this steel structure in the north yard of the Nelson. I’ve walked past it on the sidewalks for nearly 9 years now, but never actually walked a full circle around it until today.

I was reminded of the way the cloudy skies of June in LA made it so much prettier to see the purple jacaranda trees in bloom. Now, in KC, this cloudy April day allowed me to look upward at the sculpture with almost no limitations for glaring sun.

And as I moved around, I noticed the parallel lines of the sculpture’s base and the tree in the background, both leaning to the right almost as if the pointed arrow of the cross beams is showing the way to something exciting down the street.