Vandalgyon t1_j5qa9yy wrote on January 24, 2023 at 8:37 PM

Reply to comment by bahbahrapsheet in Looks so much worse with snow by willzyx01

One of the side effects that I haven't seen many people mention is what this statue is getting viewers to do.

When I visited it, I watched a lot of people approach it from afar with a confused look, since it looks weird from some angles. Once they got closer and it started to make sense, they seemed to enjoy it more. It was literally bringing strangers together in a co-located spot by being a confusing object. Kind of like the shiny Chicago bean.

I also noticed families and friends trying to hug each other in the same way the statue was. Don't know if that was intended, but if a statue gets people to hug more then it's good in my book.

defariasdev t1_j5qdm0a wrote on January 24, 2023 at 8:57 PM

This is a great point. Also i don't recall the last time people talked this much about a statue that wasn't vandalized for memorializing some old racist bastard. When I stopped by with my grandmother, there were strangers talking to each other about what they thought.

Sure, most of it was them saying they didn't like it but... STRANGERS. TALKING TO EACH OTHER IN A PARK. ABOUT ART. IN FUCKING BOSTON?! Statue Wins

Solar_Piglet t1_j5rpq4e wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:20 AM

lol you feel the need to copy and paste your response? Are you the artist? https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/10kd1xi/i_find_it_beautiful/j5q9kt1/

Vandalgyon t1_j5ruhmt wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:55 AM

No I wanted to comment the same thing on both posts. No need to drool over your keyboard. Trust me homie, if I got 10m for a sculpture I wouldn't be on Reddit.