My desktop background is a rotating mix of photos from my iPhoto library. When I was about to shut down my computer today this pic of Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate was on display.
And when I see it, it makes me kick myself that I have still (wait for it) never been to Chicago. Quelle horreur! My mother took this shot a few years ago and I think it's such a wonderful piece of landscape art. The warped reflection plays with our sense of scale, vista and perspective in a completely fresh and innovative way, yet still follows a tradition that Andre Le Nôtre had so much fun with when he designed Vaux le Vicomte.
I'm definitely getting Chicago in 2011.
Though I'll probably wait for warmer weather.
