[Magdalen] The bull's sculptor just doesn't quite get it.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

That's one of those things where you wonder what else is going on. After
all, by any kind of comment at all, I cannot imagine how this guy would
think he could possibly gain anything.  He may very well be livid, but by
saying something at all, he just shoots himself in the foot.  Poor guy.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:15 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Seems the sculptor of the Wall Street bull is saying his copyright is
> being infringed by the City of New York for allowing the "Fearless Girl" so
> close to it.  Seems our "Girl" unfairly alters the bull's "message":
>
> "Arturo Di Modica said his 11-foot-tall bull is supposed to represent
> 'freedom in the world, peace, strength, power and love' but 'Fearless Girl'
> has turned his work's message into something negative."
>
> Just ponder that one for a bit.
>
> And if Mr Di Modica didn't have it written into his own contract that no
> other work of art would be allowed within a certain distance of his own,
> and certainly not one so specifically "negative" as "Fearless Girl", I
> think Mr Di Modica needs to take a short, pungent vacation to Reality Land.
>
> (A moment of silence, please, for the world freedom, peace, strength,
> power, and love we've all gotten a feeling of over the years from viewing
> (at the very least) images of a raging bull in front of Prezzie Tramp's
> "swamp".)
>