The bronze statue above, by Victor Issa titled “Power of Thought,” illustrates the evolution of thinking and ideas in several ways. It is located in front of the HudsonAlpha Institute in Huntsville, Alabama, which is a center housing small businesses and research facilities in biotech and pharmaceutical to promote innovation. In several places on the statue the viewer can see how the artist depicted technology through art. In the right hand of the statue, it appears he is holding DNA. Though if you look closer (and in person), you can see that the strand is an evolution that ends in DNA. The beginning of the strand is a wheel, and the wheel morphs into an old-fashion train, and that train into a more modern bullet train, and then that train appears to be driving up the tracks that lead to the strand of DNA that the figure is holding. Thus, the artist is indicating that the wheel is the invention that started the proverbial ‘wheel’ rolling to the discovery of DNA. In the other hand of the statue, he is releasing a modern plane. Behind the released plane, not quite visible in this picture, is a plane by the Wright Brothers, once again depicting the evolution of technology. Around the base of the statue appear different ‘landmarks’ through the ages, including some architecture I cannot quite distinguish, a person that is probably an important person in history, and a footprint, which I am guessing is to depict man walking in new places and directions, or possibly on the moon. I really enjoyed this sculpture because it really integrates and shows the transition from old technology to new technology and how far humans have developed technology.
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