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Public art project in Delaware Park confuses residents

Some of the signs have phrases misconstrued by the public. The curator of the project says they're interpreted how you want.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When walking around Delaware Park, it's a time to take in the beauty, people watch, or get some exercise for your body and mind. 

"It's almost like they're trying to trip you up on the thought," a parkgoer, Peter, said. 

He was rollerblading through the park with those thoughts on top of his mind. He's trying to interpret the frosted signs growing like wildflowers across the park. 

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"The word 'akin' isn't exactly a word many people use. If it were to say, 'There are times when I have agreed with you only in order to feel a fellowship,' that would make you feel more positive about it," Peter said. 

There are 48 of them getting installed. They are different in size, big and small. Each has a question or a statement. 

2 On Your Side came across Aaron Ott drilling holes in the ground to install more signs. He told us he's the curator of the project. 

"They don't tell us what to do right? But they are doing something fundamentally different. We find ourselves. We find the landscape. We find each other," Ott said. 

Whatever you think each message means, Ott says it's how you interpret it. He says it is supposed to open your mind and start conversations. It could mean something different every time you read it.

"They reflect how you interpret them. There's no one right way to read them," Ott said. 

And they're all connected. The smaller signs align, as well as the bigger ones. 

"What we call medium signs have an 'I want to believe.' When you move from location to location, it'll have a similar sensibility to it," Ott said.

But the questions will be different. We walked over to one of the bigger signs, which read, "How much truth is coherence?" The big signs are reflective. 

"Each of them asks a big question similarly but with different keywords," Ott said.

Depending on where you're standing towards the signs, the landscape reflects, functioning inside the question. 

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