Prepositional Delivery

When teaching English to non-native speakers, it's the little words that are the most difficult.  In particular, prepositions can be really pesky:  They don't translate exactly, if at all, from one language to another.  I still don't know how to explain why someone lives in Queens but on Long Island.

Likewise, why do postal carriers deliver on bicycles, but whatever they bring arrives by bicycle?

Well...at least we know they're not delivering in a bicycle--though the letters, cards, bills and such might be in a bike when they arrive.  At least, in a bike like this:

If Eddy Mercx Had Been A Sculptor....

For as long as there have been bicycles, artists have been riding them.  Of course, at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Century, bicycle riding was pretty much de rigeur.  But even after automobiles changed the landscapes of much of the world, artists continued to pedal.  Many have ridden, and still ride, for transportation, as many live in cities where it's the most practical way to go.  But others have also ridden as part of their creative process, or simply for fun.

Then there are those artists who were inspired by the machine itself:

From BicycleFriends