Today I ventured over to University of Richmond to see what kind of "art" I could find because I know they have a little different style of campus. It was about 8:30 this morning so it will was still quite chilly and definitely below freezing. As soon as I parked and started walking around I saw this fountain over in the middle of a little courtyard. At first glance I didn't really see the "art" in the fountain, but when I was closer enough to get a better look I noticed that nature had taken a man-made structure and used it to make it's own "earth art".I think the picture to left shows the best features of the foundtain. If you look closesly you can tell that not only is the water running over the edge, but some of the water is still frozen into numerous ice sickles. I think it's so unique how everyday this water fountain goes through three cyles. Early in the monring the cyle is completely frozen, as the sun rises there is a mixture of ice sickles and liquid water and finally in the bright afternoon sunshine the fountain is complete liquid. Everyday, thousands of people walk by this fountain and don't even realize what the beauty of the art if they would only stop and take a closer look.
Just a little history of the fountain--- As you can see below the fountain was presented in 1972 in appreciation of the service of Leslie Booker.
Below--Pictures of the same fountain taken from different perspectives. 
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