Le Cyclop

Set back into the woods of Milly-la-Foret, France in a beautiful stretch of French countryside sits a wondrous, and beautifully outlandish, monolithic monument of contemporary art. I first heard of this masterpiece named Le Cyclop, from a fellow painter who had recently visited during her stay in France. I arrived mid afternoon with the sun high in the sky and a light refreshing breeze rustling through the trees making the sunlight filtering through the leaves dance and shimmer. The air was cool on my skin and the earthy smell of wet leaves was a kind respite from the stuffiness of the car.
Le Cyclop poked through the trees like an awkward gentle giant, towering over seventy feet into the air its presence massive. Covered in hundreds of mirrors, with one giant inlaid eye which moved from side to side with lazy confidence gave it an otherworldly appearance. It was a strange alien form crash landed millions of years before the arrival of man. The more I looked at it the more I felt the monumental importance of the form, it was almost a spiritual familiarity comparable to religious icons such as the smiling Buddha or Madonna