Added 1 new A* page:More amateur photography! Apparently this is a hazard of being awake during daylight hours, especially when it's finally a really nice day like it was here in Seattle today; I finished drawing the A* page but didn't get it posted for a while because I made the mistake of looking out the window at all that sunshine. An irresistible urge overcame me to rush down to the park a couple blocks away, so I did. It has a nice view--you can see over to West Seattle and out into Puget Sound
plus there's a great view of the Space Needle with Mount Rainier in the background, well at least if you aren't avoiding the big crowd at the central viewing point like I was--eh I think you can see the base of the Needle through a gap at the bottom of those tree branches on the left-ish:
Fortunately I have some better shots of the Needle that I took three Sundays ago when I wandered down to the same park with a friend--well aside from the blurry-faced people who were in the way:
That thing conveniently hiding the people a bit is a sculpture
It even has two levels:
Originally, the idea was that visitors would be able to rotate the top part, but "to avoid damage to the piece and prevent injury to park visitors" (source) it was decided to weld it in place at a spot chosen by the sculptor, Doris Chase. Her 2008 Seattle PI obituary has some interesting details about her and her work.
My learned friend told me that "Changing Form" was actually part of a series of sculptures commissioned for a number of scenic spots around Seattle, that could serve as frames of iconic views of the city. Next time I'll show you one that ties in nicely with A*! : D
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