Of Myths and Dreams

The paradox of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Depending on the angle, the sculpture could look like a number of things, none of them good. The Embrace, unveiled last week in Boston Common, is partially based on a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr., hugging his wife, Coretta. I say “partially,” because it is quite literally partial—as in, it is missing their heads. The remaining ambiguous tangle of …