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21-NOV-2007 Ralf Brown

2007-11-21 Straight?

Pittsburgh, PA view map

The sculpture "Walking to the Sky" (or, as I tend to think of it,
"The Leaning Pole of Pittsburgh") greets visitors coming onto
CMU's campus.

This is my entry for this week's Totally Informal Thursday Challenge,
with theme Straight as You Can Get. My cryptic remark in that
thread expands to "straight [as in line] yet not straight [as in up]".

There was some controversy about this sculpture. As you can see, it's
disproportionately large (not a perspective trick -- it really is taller
than all of the buildings in the photo). In addition, the only feedback
the campus community got to give was where to place it, even though
many were against having it at all.


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Marga de Deugd23-Nov-2007 09:14
Odd but nice :)
Dan Chusid23-Nov-2007 05:13
Where'd you find those guys to walk up there for this?
:^O
Yvonne23-Nov-2007 04:38
What a fascinating statue!
Dana23-Nov-2007 01:56
Cool statue.
Herb 22-Nov-2007 23:16
Nice capture
Guest 22-Nov-2007 20:04
that is just about the neatest thing I've ever seen!
Guest 22-Nov-2007 19:23
Great piece of sculpture clearly made for this challenge,Ralf! :o)
beverley harrison22-Nov-2007 16:58
eyecatching piece!!
Guest 22-Nov-2007 16:08
nice find
this works so well
Marlin Markle22-Nov-2007 16:04
straight but crooked,very nice catch
J. Scott Coile22-Nov-2007 15:27
Straight but not plum ;-)
Guest 22-Nov-2007 14:40
Made me laugh lol
CreativeWiseGal22-Nov-2007 14:12
What WAS that artist thinking? Quirky statue, great challenge entry!
Ann...22-Nov-2007 13:08
How amazing is that!!??
Jola Dziubinska22-Nov-2007 12:14
Funny idea of the sculptor :))
Well captured.
apothegary22-Nov-2007 11:54
Nice, being from Pgh, I forgot about this weird but interesting sculpture. Great entry.
Guest 22-Nov-2007 11:23
weird
j>a>e>17 :):):)22-Nov-2007 09:08
i love your title for this pittsburgh people pusher :):):)
Sheila22-Nov-2007 09:01
Fascinating sculpture!
Good entry.
Máire Uí Mhaicín22-Nov-2007 08:36
Obliquely straight! Very well seen.
laine8222-Nov-2007 08:34
Straight up !! Interesting sculpture.
Maaike Huizer22-Nov-2007 07:46
What funny statue. Like it. And I like you image.
Tim van Woensel22-Nov-2007 07:17
Without a line? ;)
Enrico Martinuzzi22-Nov-2007 07:09
Great finding :)
Carinoza22-Nov-2007 07:06
Unfortunately their combined weight made the pole lean a bit ... :-(
And that guy in the yellow shirt seems to be the only one holding them up! lol
Guest 22-Nov-2007 06:18
LOL! Love it!
Barry S Moore22-Nov-2007 06:11
Wow, quite a sight.
carol j. phipps22-Nov-2007 04:08
An interesting sculpture! I'd not heard of this one nor seen it. Thanks for sharing. Great entry.
mathilda williams22-Nov-2007 03:40
it's straight enough!
:)
mathilda
Barbara Heide22-Nov-2007 02:39
excellent effect!
Inga Morozoff22-Nov-2007 01:46
LOL!!! Great shot.
Carolyn Rasmussen22-Nov-2007 01:34
It works!