Jonathan contemplated The Alchemist statue by Jaume Plensa a bit before we took photos in front of it. We had made the connection to Spiegel, the Plensa statue installed in front of the Toledo Museum of Art and were comparing and contrasting the two. Spiegel has two figures that are made from letters to symbolize a conversation, while The Alchemist is a solo figure made from numbers to reflect MIT's focus on STEM.

Toledo, MIT, two, one. It's a coincidence, of course, but it's tempting to assign some deeper meaning to it.

Regardless, I love both of these statues.

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photo posted by matt in Saturday, August 31, 2024