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

[Jay Weigel]

The artist's ego apparently is the most important thing here. At least to
him.

I certainly never saw "freedom in the world, peace, strength, power and
love" in that bull anyway. Just a bull charging down the street. Well done,
but geez.

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 2:41 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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".)
> >
>