"Geometry of Light"

When I walked through the main entrance of the 

Indianapolis Museum of Art this afternoon, I was greeted by 

Geometry of Light, a sculpture by Alyson Shotz made up 

of hand-cut plastic Fresnel lenses, silvered glass beads and stainless 

steel wire. The lenses,of varying diameters, were strung 

along the wires with the silver beads serving both as spacers 

and reflective surfaces, spanning the space from the windows 

up into the upper floors of the entrance.

I stood among the strands, marveling at their simplicity;

I could have made them myself, but I didn't because my mind 

had never before made a connection that told me a simple

piece of plastic could be strung with its brothers and some beads

to make something beautiful. When I blew on one of the disks,

the entire strand bobbed a bit, shimmering in the light.

Seen from above, the disks resembled a stopped-motion

shot of water as it spurts from a hose, bright, clear and cool.

Once again, I spent an entire afternoon wandering the IMA,

visiting new exhibits and old, walking around the lake

of the 100-Acre Park. Admission is FREE, dammit!

I couldn't imagine a better way to spend 

a day without spending money