Since September 18^th, Madison Square park has been home Tony Cragg’s beautiful Walks of Life sculptors.

Cragg explains in an interview: “I think that sculpture is a kind of sensitizing activity and that it has a role in being a catalyst that may lead to more sensitive thinking.”

When I was looking at his sculptures, I found that I definitely had a “thoughtful” experience! His sculptors are (obviously) still, yet, they feel like they are in motion! As you walk around the sculpture, it changes and moves with you—it’s quite beautiful! It made me think about the way I define “still” and “moving,” an obvious contradicting that this art exemplifies.

The experience actually brought me back to our last art exploration in Madison Square Park. When we visited as a class, we looked at Rachel Feinstein’s sculptures, which were also sort of a contradiction. A sculpture is supposed to be something you can walk around (a characteristic Walks of Life is a prime example of)—but Rachel Feinstein’s were mainly of flat! They looked more like drawings than sculptures!

Either way, Madison Square Park seems to always have something beautiful to look at; I can’t wait to see what is next!