The art of light-rail construction
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Anyone who has spent any time watching the light-rail construction in the Twin Cities probably understands the artistic side of construction workers. Sometimes it's the gentle touch of a backhoe digging around a gas line. Lately it's been this:
This is the installation of reinforcement bar -- rebar -- for the track. Each long piece of steel is cut, bent, fit into place and welded, much as an metal artist would do, creating a beautiful symmetry of design.
The difference between the artist and the construction worker/artist, is when the work is completed, they dump a bunch of concrete on it, and nobody ever knows it's there.
One must suffer for one's art.
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