Subway Art - 81st Street
By Bathgate
23 Dec, 2013
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Entitled "For Want of a Nail", named after the old proverb, it addresses the interconnections of entities that are as vast as a galaxy and as small as a single cell. Using ceramic tile, glass tile, glass mosaic, bronze relief, and granite as primary materials, the design team depicted the evolution of extinct, existing and endangered life forms — from single celled organisms to the towering T. rex dinosaur.
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LOL I read that book in 6th grade.
24 Dec, 2013
Really? Here it was book of intellectuals, as it was prohibited for many years.
25 Dec, 2013
That's interesting. I wonder why? Actually my whole class read the book and we had open discussion.
25 Dec, 2013
I live in the central Europe, where there had been socialism for 40 years. This book is in fact about freedom, Jonathan the Seagull flies around the globe, meets different seagulls and birds..Travelling aroud the globe - that was something, that was allowed only to kids of high communists and secret police, of course. For common people travelling to the West was prohibted or extremely observed. Or they were interrogated after they return just from holidays over there.
As I am watching development in the USA, it reminds me more and more distorted socalism - monitoring its own citizens, permanent martial law since 2001, strict controls on airports, mails from Europe...etc etc I know, you all are told it is for your safety. The same was told to us - for all 40 years of jail.
That is why - Jonathan in the underground. The freedom had to go underground.
26 Dec, 2013
Well I've travelled all around the world like Jonathon did and yes I've been interrogated in every country I've visited. However, it was such an incredible experience to be living in foreign countries, I wouldn't trade for anything. And I realize how lucky and blessed I am to be living here in the United States where I can live my dreams and be rich and free. Basically, I can read any book and live as I choose to live.
26 Dec, 2013
Then you are lucky. My brother lives over there and he cannot say the same. I do not know what is the problem. He is hard working, he doesn t drink, no drugs. And after 25 years still has problem to survive there.
26 Dec, 2013
wow, sorry to hear that about your brother. Where is he living?
26 Dec, 2013
For years in Tennessee. In a steal industry. He lost home and job. Now he lives in california.
27 Dec, 2013
Hm, I would just call it - "Jonathan Livingstone, closed in a subway".
24 Dec, 2013