I took a very fast work trip to Colorado earlier in the month. One of the biggest surprises was this: the Chupungu sculpture garden. This park full of walking trails was adorned with several large Shona sculptures, celebrating the life and culture of Southern Africa.
These sculptures offered these little vignettes into family and village life; their accompanying captions were so short but also so revealing. I always love stories that take you on a long journey and let you see that life is a tapestry of so many different moments. Some beautiful, some horrific, some seemingly mundane. But when you stand back, it’s all breathtaking.
Movies like Boyhood or books like Pachinko do this really well. This might be the first time a city park has made me feel that way, though! Good for you, Loveland, Colorado!