Black Sun by Isamu Noguchi — Attraction in Seattle

Located in a beautiful city park with unique view of the Seattle Space Needle (through the center of this very "Black Sun" sculpture!) -- as well as the Asian Art Museum, a historical water tower encircled by "double helix" stairs leading to it's observation deck with 360° view above much of the park's treeline, and a cool conservatory (built from a kit, believe it or not, decades ago!) that serves as an excellent greenhouse with some incredibly unique plants, flowers, cacti, etc. There's also a playground located next to a huge, old (seasonal) wading pool for kids, several huge expanses of grassy lawn, and much more at this park, designed by the same family (Olmstead) responsible for design of NYC's...

Noguchi's Black Sun is one of the finest sculptures I have ever seen or touched. Its position and balance on the plinth is serene yet somehow threatening, as if it rolled to rest here by chance. Huge in mass, one can imagine it even larger, as a small part of an unknowable whole. Picture it like a vertebrae of some anthropomorphic granite machine, or even a diagrammatic section of a churning passage through space filled with swimming creatures. It's an immense sculpture and you'll likely be inspired here with your own tangents on a quiet sunset with the Olympics in the background. Where did this...

Interesting Sculpture the Black Sun. It is very easy to get a good picture through the Black Sun with the Space Needle in the background and the middle of the Black Sun. A perfect spot for a good view over the water reservoir in direction to Downtown Seattle. And if the weather is good, you can just...