Madison Square Park Jumpers

I am extremely affected by the weather. This weekend, it cooled off, leaving me to squeeze my sun burnt legs back into tights. My sister decided she should visit me this weekend. Being at a loss for what to do with her in the wake of the cold weather, I let her lead me around on a seven hour shopping adventure.
We did pause in a sunny spot in Madison Square Park. In the shadow of shake shak and the massive line it accumulates, we ate our street vendor hot dogs and looked at the neighboring buildings on the skyline. I pointed to a few statues I saw standing atop buildings surrounding the area. I had heard about the show, but was unclear how to feel when perceiving it. The show is called "Event Horizon" and features statues of the artist himself, Antony Gormley perched around the flatiron district. The show has been a little controversial, only because people may perceive the statues as potential jumpers, ready to fall to their deaths. The statues, when I first viewed them are slightly eerie, if not for their jumper quality, for their looming presence on the skyline, as if the statues are watching the city. However, Gormley says the event is meant to be a celebration. It did seem to have this effect. As I was looking at the statues, I saw several other people stop and point up, realizing their environment, as Gormley stated "and quite quickly they would register their environment in a way they hadn’t before".