SUN SALUTE

February 4, 2012.  The noses have all be shorn from these majestic, rounded beasts, standing at attention.  To what center do they point, what imaginary stand-off do they represent, or what mythical coming together do they foretell?  Looking at them, it is so easy to see why they have always captivated our imaginations.  The sheer force behind their frames, the thick neck and powerful hindquarters.  Imagine the thrill of the first person to ever ride on the back of one of these steeds - and to stay there.

I Dream All Day

October 7, 2009. Bryant Park. Carousels remind me of the fantasy of childhood day dreams, and even adult walking dreams. When you were mounted on that mighty stead, flying swiftly anywhere, even if it only went in a circle, you could construct a world where you could win, where you could enforce ‘right’, at least as far as you understood it. On the back of a horse, you couldn’t help but be victorious against the villainy of the tyrants. And then there they were, on the backs of horses. What tricks were played on those poor animals to put them on the wrong side?