Who Knew????!!!!

Ok, guys. I know this doesn't really have anything to do with anything spiritual... but I just thought I would let you know that I was doing a little art research this morning and found out the truth.

Yes, friends, the infamous shiny BEAN downtown is really NOT called "The Bean." In all actuality, it was designed by an Indian Sculptor whose name is Anish Kapoor, who titled it, as it was being built, "Cloud Gate."

"What I wanted to do in Millennium Park is make something that would engage the Chicago skyline…so that one will see the clouds kind of floating in, with those very tall buildings reflected in the work. And then, since it is in the form of a gate, the participant, the viewer, will be able to enter into this very deep chamber that does, in a way, the same thing to one's reflection as the exterior of the piece is doing to the reflection of the city around."
-Anish Kapoor

So, correct yourself and your friends...because while our beloved bean has been so dubbed by the Chicago public, in the art world, it is NOT a bean. It's a gate. A cloud gate, in fact.
Needless to say, calling it "The Bean" is way cooler.
And that's all I have to say about that.