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To Our Imagination, By Henry David Thoreau
“This world is but a canvas to our imagination” -Henry David Thoreau, what Jeanne Claude and Christo did was take this quote in a very literal way when they created The Gates. What they did in New York’s Central Park in February 12-27, 2005 was put up a rectangular bright orange frame that was 16 feet high with a fabric (in the same color as the frame) draping from it so it could be blown in the wind. This project reformes the outside setting by standing in the set path’s way. It does not bring a direct disturbance to the area but stand out in contrast to the way the environment looks at that time of the season. What this does is make the viewer fully experience this piece and the nature around it. How it does this is by making the onlooker
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