Blue and Gold

Looking across the plaza outside 

the IUPUI Library, the Marriott hotel 

reflects sun and clouds,

adding color to the otherwise 

overcast day.

Just Before the Night Comes

Early Thursday evening, as I left a meeting at the NCAA 

headquarters, I looked to the east and saw this - the sun, 

reflected by the entrance to the NCAA Hall of Champions, 

was just beginning to dip below the horizon, while 

the J.W. Marriott Hotel was doing its damnedest 

to blend into the night sky. A few yards farther on, the

walkway bridge over the Central Canal provided

a lighted path back towards the downtown.

Blue Curve/Yellow Wedge ... and One Hell of a Dancing Horse

After swimming at the Natatorium early Saturday morning, 

I walked along the Canal to return to the downtown 

area where I went for breakfast.

The morning was bright and beautiful, offering the best

of winter colors in the form of crisply hued blue sky,

caught between the dark blue curve of the Marriott hotel and 

the sunlit wedge of the Indiana State Museum atrium.

And just because I really enjoy it, here's a freestyle 
dressage performance from a few years ago 
at the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Germany.

It must have been an encore of sorts. Here's

the same pair doing a longer freestyle routine 
for scores. The mare could bust some moves!

Sky Mosaic

The fact that the J.W. Marriott Hotel is called "Big Blue"

is probably no surprise. The glass-clad building

is slightly curved, so it is not just a big box on the skyline.

Its surface looks more like a mosaic than

it does a mirror, showing us the beauty of the sky

rather than just reflecting it back at us.

It's as though a skilled tile setter installed 

the expanse, his hand adding 

an artist's touch to each piece of glass.

On this day, we got a watercolor sky. 

Entry

Visitors to the Indiana State Museum are greeted by this tall sculpture, 

INDIANA, its letters standing on one anothers' shoulders.
I imagine it wrapped in a big trench coat, running about the country 
pretending its a bigger more powerful state.

 The drive outside the main entry has this low-key installation 
at its center. The buildings in the background are hotels 

and parking garages. The winter brown brush is a wildflower garden.