An interesting thing is going to occur in Jerusalem on October 3, 1999. Dale Chihuly, a glass artist is going to make an ice wall.

Well not make I suppose, artists don't make things. They create them. I could never figure that out.

Anyway, this guy is planning to create one in Jerusalem's oldest section where the ancient walls built in the time of Jesus Christ still stand.

"Jerusalem is a city of walls," Chihuly says. "The ice wall will melt, people will see it as a wall melting in Jerusalem."

Wow. That's profound.

The ice will come from Fairbanks, Alaska, making this a global undertaking. It is said to be the purest form of ice on the planet. Chihuly intends the wall to be so clear one can read a newspaper through it.

So what we have here is a guy who wants to go to a war ravaged country with a boatload of ice from the other side of the Earth and build a wall that someone can read through.

Does the phrase, "not a snowballs chance in Hell" come to mind?

Now I'm as big a fan of art as the next guy, which means if it has a naked lady in it it's art, so I think this guy is nuts but I respect his intentions.

I understand he has quite a following and is very good. I checked out his website, www.chihuly.com and found some neat things. He makes a lot of bowls and vases, things a glassmaker would usually make. But he has never made a wall before. He has a lot of co-artists who will assist in the creation of this thing and none of them are wall builders either.

In fact, they aren't even sure what the wall is going to look like. "There are lots of different ways to build a wall," Chihuly says. Sorry, Dale, there is only one way: from the ground up.

It doesn't surprise me to hear that Chihuly's usually comes from accidents while creating something else.

Is this really art? I mean, if Van Gogh was planning a painting called Sunny, sunny day and screwed up the color scheme forcing him to go with an evening motif then that doesn't make him a good artist. It makes him a poor planner.

I think this whole ice wall thing is going to be looked upon as many people look upon art. With that scrunched up brow and a contemplative look on their faces. They will look intrigued and even have a slight grin as they consider the nuances of the piece and finally cock their head to the side to get a better perspective.

Translated, this means they will mentally say what the hell is this thing? Why the hell did he make it in the middle of a desert? Wow, I bet you can read a newspaper through this thing! (smiling) This idiot doesn't even know how to build a decent wall! And finally, Oh I get it, he's making a metaphor for the recent melting of tensions in the middle eastern political complex and the unilateral disarmament of the Palestine and Israeli militaries.

Artists. Gotta love them.