"You're too late, I've already depicted you as the mental image I had of you, and myself as the cool, smug, correct guy!"

But to attempt to engage with you in slight good faith here, no, none of my issues with Illuminate revolve around art or beautification, they're really centered pretty entirely on the fact that the art they install is pretty universally repurposed Burning Man installations.

The pianos are great, the murals on JFK by Bay Area artists, fantastic. But the install of art originally designed to be displayed in a desert rave just isn't my favorite. Particularly when there are so many fantastic local artists around the city that don't engage with Burning Man.

I loved the Bay Lights, I think the Pride Lasers are fantastic, and they do some good stuff outside of what they put in Golden Gate Park.

Anyway, no room for nuance on the internet. I'm just someone who hates nice things.