Strange statues around the world

A picture gallery of weird statues around the world. Warning: many are not work-safe.

Among my favorites: The man who measures the clouds by Jan Fabre, Belgium

man who measures the clouds

One response to “Strange statues around the world”

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    fledgling otaku

    I found “man who measured the clouds” the most compelling, mainly because its perfect example of how we mere mortals approach this crazy infinite universe. Infinite knowledge? start with school. Infinite space? launch a probe. Infinite complexity? Observe patterns. There’s a methodologcal simplicity to the act, even though taken in context of the whole, it seems a futile and negligible gesture. How can he possibly measure all the clouds? Doesn’t matter; he can at least measure one. It’s a start.

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