Public art is accessible art. It doesn't set up an electronic shriek if you get to close. Maybe touching it makes us feel closer to it, it is created for us, but it also makes it vulnerable. Because I was out looking at the cows early, I have become a reluctant witness to their deconstruction. Only a small number of the cows had been set out when some guys were caught sawing off horns. A cow by the Water Tower lost its earrings and necklace, the business cow by the Four Seasons lost the Wall Street Journal in its briefcase (now replaced), and Harry Carey (Holy Cow!) only had glasses for a few days. These are just a few examples. Sometimes repairs are made & sometimes not.
Recently, and most regrettably, the cow that I have heard the *most* people say is their favorite, "Rhinestone Cowgirl," has been polled . . .
It's not pretty, but I wanted you to see the damage.
They should just do to the vandals what they did to cattle rustlers --
string 'em up!
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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in Vietnam
~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's Home Page
~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's
Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim O'Brien's Home Page
~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Shrapnel in the Heart
~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project
Hearts and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All About Vietnam
~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for sale thru Amazon
Worldwide!
Photos from a Holts' Military History Tour
~ My trip to
Vietnam, February 1998
Illinois
Vietnam Women's Memorial ~ Honoring all the Illinois women who served
My Other Websites:
Chicago
Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town in the country!
Writers
Theatre of Chicago ~ And this is the best theater in town
Literature
of the Korean War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Poetry
of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Samuel
Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Gil
Thorp ~ THE Coach
Maybe
Later . . . ~ My Creative Nonfiction
Chi-COW-go
~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham
Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Soccer
Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary
Lantern ~ Fire! Fire! Fire!
Other Important Websites:
PreviewPort.com
~ Connecting Authors and Writers Worldwide
Remember
Oklahoma City ~ Civil Service and Military Employees will never forget
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