"A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become." - W.H. Auden
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We've walked by this building numerous times over the years, never quite sure what it was, other than an eyeful of colorful sculpture adorning the front of this storefront on Stanton Street in New York City. Every time we've walked by, it's been closed up and we haven't seen any signs of activity. However, now we've learned that it's referred to as the Fusion Art Museum and has regular exhibitions there! We'll have to make a return visit to see a show ... in the meantime, we wanted to share with you the unique and intriguing metal sculpture that first engages the viewer from the street.

We like that someone is parachuting in to be a part of this scene, below left. At right, one can see that the sculpture serves as a sort of metal gate which keeps people away from getting too close to the windows.


Below left: an unusual depiction of the sun as a bearded man. Below right: you can see that actual objects make up much of the sculpture, including a large wire-cutter tool, a soccer ball, some sort of propeller, and even what appears to be a small bomb or some other projectile.


Lastly, we've got part of an iron, a bicycle wheel, and a drawing of a platypus named "Platy π," as in "Platy Pie," but using the math symbol for pi.
