“The Creative” by Simon Donovan and Ben Olmstead is a free-standing, stainless steel sculpture installed in front of Boston Arts Academy. The sculpture is a depiction of a young woman with her eyes closed and head tilted upward. The “head” is composed of dozens of laser-cut stainless-steel shapes. They are held apart to create a skin of perforated stainless steel. Each 5/16” thick plane is welded together in a stacking fashion by small rods that create a 1” distance between sheets. The effect is that of an ever-shifting nature as you move around the piece. You go from perceiving the appearance of clearly defined topographic planes to seeming almost invisible when looking straight-on from the front or back.  I had the occasion to photograph the sculpture while waiting to pick up Jeanine from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center after she underwent foot surgery to correct a previously botched bunion surgery.