Today is the first full day of Spring.
Does this make you want to spend it in the Netherlands?:
The photo is from Bicycle Dutch, of course.
If you can't get the day off from work (or whatever), you can always dream:
Use the words "bicycle" and "sculpture" together and, for many people, two things will come to mind: Marcel Duchamp's "Bicycle Wheel" and Pablo Picasso's "Bull's Head," made from handlebars and a saddle.
There are many other lesser-known bicycle-based sculptures all over the world. Some are in public places. Unfortunately, securing and maintaining them isn't a high priority in most places. Even if municipal officials don't appreciate bicycles, bicycling or even art, they should be sensitive to what the work means to its creator--and for at least some members of the public.
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| Greeley Sweethearts |
I was reminded about that after Wes Cackler's "The Race" disappeared from it spot in a Palm Coast, Florida shopping mall. Now I've learned that another sculpture "Greeley Sweethearts", lost its wheels. Whether they were taken by the wind or a thief, no one seems to know. But now the artist, Amos Robinson of San Diego, has sent replacement wheels to the city of Greeley, Colorado. According to city staff members, the wheels will be installed when weather permits.
And the "couple" will once again "enjoy" their "ride" in Josephine Jones Park.
Last week, daylight savings time began. That means more daylight at the end of the day. And, as the days are getting longer, I can now take a late-day ride before it gets dark.
Yesterday's jaunt took me through Queens and Brooklyn to Coney Island and the Verrazzano Narrrows.
I approached a great bridge, one that spans a strait of the Atlantic Ocean separating Brooklyn from Staten Island. The Spring equinox arrives tomorrow. Perhaps I am riding toward a bridge between two seasons.
