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The colored fruits also in view were designed by Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo to represent the seasons of the year. They are so large and bright, I laugh with delight. They also represent "the fruits of your labor, inspired by the Holy Spirit," and it seems appropriate to see them from the ground, and then climb up high to this little bridge in the sky that shares the view with other Gaudí towers and aspiring construction cranes.

From here I can see parts of the Glory facade, which will have the largest towers when finished and will portray joys, glories, and divinity to complete the stone storytelling of Christ's life, but also of the life and death of man. It will be the main entrance and is mostly unfinished and draped when I visit. Unlike the other sides of the Sagrada Familia, it no longer has the spacious land offset as originally intended. Buildings were allowed to go up on the valuable real estate nearby, but my guide says the edifices I see across the street will all come down, and residents and stores will relocate when the time comes.

Throughout their stretch upward, the bell towers have slanted vents for light, air, and sound. Gaudí wanted the whole city to "see the light" and hear the music he loved. Our guide thinks the last thing the builders will do for the church is to install 12 large organs whose music will be piped up and out - and heard all over the city.

Gaudí's forms and shapes, and plays with light and sound, tease the imagination more as an unfinished project. Possibilities still tower.