The NYT article is trying very hard to paint the 'monument' in a positive light.<p>> “This is a masterpiece, or close to it,” he said, “and I’m the only one who cares whether the thing is actually done.”
> None of that is true.
> Except the masterpiece part.<p>As I read the details, I can't help but feel that the place is boring but the author is trying to spin it in different, abstract ways, that is, you really need to "get" it.<p>I'm also spotting details that put it in a negative light for me, as a waste of resources and a monument to hubris, and I don't know if it's my kneejerk reaction to being told what to think, or whether I'm saying that the emperor has no clothes.<p>The most glaring is the self contradictory,<p>> This is “democratic art, art for the ages,” is how Heizer describes it.<p>later followed by<p>> Because Heizer fears crowds diluting the experience, the current plan is only six tickets a day — about the number of seats on a SpaceX flight — and only on some days during certain times of year, suggesting long wait times.