THE JUSTICE PALACE IN BRUSSELS AND NAUTI OCTOPUS

"The octopus is considered to be one of the most intelligent creatures of the planet.''
This is actually a controversial statement that is generated by the illusion of the human-centric world. Unfortunately, this human-centric world has constructed another association for this creature - corruption, evil forces and strangulation. 

In addition to this introduction we would like to share two fun facts with you: 

1. Our book "The Urban Revolution is a Fun Sketch" was officially published on 1st of November. On the cover page we have illustrated the Justice Palace of Brussels as a giant octopus. Guess why? 
2. On 29th November, out of nowhere a sculpture of a giant octopus is installed on front of the Justice Palace of Brussels. The sculpture is also known as "Nauti Octopus". Guess why? 

In our personal opinion, the controversial past of the Justice Palace in Brussels, followed by exploitation, colonialism, slavery, replacement and corruption, can metaphorically be illustrated as octopus. The tentacles of the octopus serve as a great personification for stealing something from somewhere with out being present at the crime scene. In other words, stealing with perfect alibi. 

On the other hand, the octopus sculpture is designed in commemoration of the famous French Sci-fi writer Jules Verne. (the writer of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea") Before being placed at its final destination in Amiens in France, it will remain as a premiere for couple of months in Brussels. 
As a matter of fact, one of the sculptors of this intriguing sculpture, François Schuiten, is part of the amazing duo artists that have generated a series of strip-comics that are based on architecture and urban design problems called "Les Cités Obscures" (The Dark Cities). Brussels' urban planning dynamics is often the inspirational source of this comic book and in that sense this sculpture has the purpose to set the Justice Palace in a surreal context of a "Dark City", just as in the comic book. 

In this regard we find it quite interesting, that this great artist, François Schuiten, in fact shares similar metaphors as us regarding the Justice Palace.
As a building that is part of some dark city and it can be explained though the metaphor of octopus with long tentacles. 

Here is an affiliated link from the great comic book "Brussels: A momentous dream" (commissions earned) 

EU: https://amzn.to/3ZHG7Tp
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