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

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I just love that girl.  I think the bull is well done too, but it makes me
think of the reality that the pro on wall street is focused on creating
(legally, of course -- technically legally) some scenarios that cause the
less experienced to make bad decisions whereby the pro can part them from
their money. You only make money if you take it from somebody else, after
all.  And that's what the bull stands for.



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 11:48 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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".)
> > >
> >
>