Inspiration
I problably won't make it up to New York in time to see The Gates, but I can see tons of photographs of them over on Flickr. Just search for images tagged with "thegates" and be transported. I think this one is just amazing:
I've never really been a fan of orange saffron, but images like this change my mind.
Update:
SpeakUp has an interesting write-up of the "show about nothing."

