I recently read your article about a huge statue proposed at “The Point” (the new development at the Point of the Mountain). Here are a few thoughts:
• Don’t we have some responsibility to ask residents of Bluffdale and Draper what they think of this oversized statue? I’m one in favor of public art, but not this time.
• 300 feet tall? But the Statue of Liberty is only 150 feet tall! Her 150-foot pedestal is only there to keep her feet dry. We don’t want to outdo Lady Liberty.
• Get rid of the multicolored “balloons” up the side – it gives it a Vegas feel. I like the earlier simpler versions on the artists website.
• This is a good representation of helping each other up! We do have a responsibility. Viktor Frankl expressed this so well and is my hero, too.
• Put this statue somewhere else — like at the border … where we welcome immigrants just like Lady Liberty does/did/should/might in special cases.
Colleen Bliss, Bluffdale
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