Carolina Lake in the fog and snow...

A cold autumn morning in Central Park, New York City

The Mall (Literary Walk)

Bow Bridge

 Central Park - The Lake

Bethesda Terrace /Bethesda Fountain

The King Jagiełło Monument is an equestrian monument of Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. The monument commemorates the Battle of Grunwald, a decisive defeat of the Teutonic Order in 1410. Originally made for the Polish 1939 New York World's Fair pavilion, the monument was permanently installed in Central Park in 1945. It is one of the most prominently-sited and impressive of twenty-nine sculptures located in the park.

Balto, my favorite statue in park - in 1925 in Alaska was stricken with diphtheria outbreak.

Not enough antitoxin was available to treat all the sick until teams of people and sled dogs traveled 674 miles through blinding blizzard to deliver the medicine.
Balto, a husky, was one of the heroic lead dogs.

Hans Christian Andersen statue was erected in 1956 to commemorate the author's 150th birthday.

Alice in Wonderland surrounded by the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit and a few of her other friends.

Group of Bears

Strawberry Fields / Imagine Mosaic

Strawberry Fields is an area of Central Park that pays tribute to the late Beatle, John Lennon, singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist.

The black and white "Imagine mosaic" was designed by a team of artists from Naples, Italy. Named after another famous song by John Lennon, "Imagine" evokes a vision and hope for a world without war and conflict. 

The Arboretum's eco-art exhibit "Reclaimed Creations"

“If we value our resources we will waste less”

Sayaka Ganz

"I grew up with Shinto animist belief that all things in the world have spirits. Thus, when I see discarded items on the street or thrift store shelves, I feel a deep sadness for them and I am moved to make these abandoned objects happy. My sympathy goes out equally to all discarded objects regardless of materials, but my current working material of choice is plastic. I use mostly common household items to create animal forms with a sense of movement and self-awareness. I use plastics because of the variety of curvilinear forms and colors available. I manipulate and assemble them together as brush strokes to create an effect similar to a Van Gogh painting in three dimensions."

 Sayaka Ganz - from Artist Statment

TRAVELERS - Family of Polar Bears Swimming

NOVA - Phoenix Rising From The Ashes, 2011

 FOGO - Red Cheetah Running, 2008

 Emergence - Horses Galloping Out of Gallery Wall, 2013

"My work is also about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points; step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist. "

Sayaka Ganz

Sayaka Ganz creates her arts using all discarded items she finds on the street 
and in the thrift stores.

I think, her philosophy fits to the movement called  Zero Waste.  

This is the lifestyle started be Bea Johnson, the author of the blog Zero Waste Home
In 2008 Bea decided to limit the amount of waste produced by her family to zero.

Using the 5R principle (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) her family of 4 produces 

only a jar of waste yearly!!!

 
Exhibit "Reclaimed Creations" is on display inside in Baker Exhibit Center in Arboretum through January 6, 2019.