Chimerical (adj.): existing only as the product of unchecked imagination; fantastically visionary or improbable.
ARTIST: Todd Frahm
MATERIAL: Bronze, stone 
DATE:  2018
LOCATION: Enchanted Misting Garden at Marla Dorrel Park
COMMISSIONED: Town of Cary
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Artist Todd Frahm was inspired by the way children at the park interact with their surroundings. At a recent visit, he saw one little girl drawing a cat that ended up having an unexpected outcome: “She said that she had trouble with the legs and made the only logical decision: She turned the bottom half of the cat into an octopus. She reminded me that her inability to render perfect cat legs was not a mistake; it was an opportunity for something new, different and unexpected. This girl needs nothing except to be reminded to hold tightly to her fearlessness and adaptability.” 

Watch the videos below to see Todd Frahm's process of modeling clay for the four bronze Chimera added to the Marla Dorrel Park: