tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post4114199332414858375..comments2024-03-23T11:02:09.341-07:00Comments on History Adventuring: How to see the famous Paul Coze Phoenix Bird sculpture in modern Phoenix - yes, it's still thereBrad Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00533083404576505634noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-22999137477737401392021-02-01T11:30:31.853-08:002021-02-01T11:30:31.853-08:00I would love to see the sculpture returned to its ...I would love to see the sculpture returned to its original location at the mall as it was in the 1960's.jmbosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257585857092769637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-71667148174873932062020-01-15T15:17:44.304-08:002020-01-15T15:17:44.304-08:00Remembered it as a child and still look for it and...Remembered it as a child and still look for it and know I am good again, until I need to see it next time. <br />Fastvardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460600009519077559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-23612386830675457482020-01-14T17:46:59.997-08:002020-01-14T17:46:59.997-08:00I’m amazed there is no comment on this Brad. The r...I’m amazed there is no comment on this Brad. The reason for that is sad. Just after Public Art in the Arizona West was reaching a threshold where it could actively participate on a major scale and a new philosophy of “Placemaking” was being developed and debated, the Digital Age dawned upon the scene and plazas were replaced with websites, the public forum with innumerable chat rooms, and the marketplace has been falling to the online point of sale. <br /><br />Your observations of the CAD designed hardscape’s failure to comprehend the sight lines and exposures is analgous to the internet’s broadly distorted effects on the veracity of information. <br /><br />The problem with the real world is that it requires the commitment of a lifetime to secure its comprehension. The virtual world requires no such commitment really. A body of knowledge? A personal cosmology? We’re more inclined to just Google as needed. It’s all reduced to bits, compressed, Forget comprehension, we can scarcely be bothered to apprehend the facts. Let the algorithms handle the correlations.<br /><br />Art is a prayer to the immediate future asking, “Please find enough value to refrain from discarding this continuum of effort.” The hope is that one day enough understanding will be recovered to appreciate our best.Clarke Riedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163195424739914990noreply@blogger.com