{"id":35078,"date":"2024-06-11T14:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T18:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2024\/06\/11\/a-bean-in-nyc.html"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T18:20:27","slug":"a-bean-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2024\/06\/11\/a-bean-in-nyc.html","title":{"rendered":"A Bean in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I actually knew of this from having encountered it serendipitously about a year ago. But a friend and I were recently discussing The Bean in Chicago and in the course of the discussion I forgot all about this piece on Church and Leonard, by Anish Kapoor, the same artist who created the Chicago sculpture. I do have a photo of my reflection in this thing the first time I found it last year, drowning in my ocean of photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" data-attachment-id=\"35076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2024\/06\/11\/a-bean-in-nyc.html\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?fit=2000%2C934&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,934\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20240611_1253247830392953470684309\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?fit=1024%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?resize=1024%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?resize=1024%2C478&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?resize=768%2C359&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?resize=1536%2C717&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?resize=1080%2C504&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240611_1253247830392953470684309.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I actually knew of this from having encountered it serendipitously about a year ago. But a friend and I were recently discussing The Bean in Chicago and in the course of the discussion I forgot all about this piece on Church and Leonard, by Anish Kapoor, the same artist who created the Chicago sculpture. 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