Earnesto Rivera felt his abstract
sculpture perfectly captured the feeling of the modern world, crafted
of cold and unforgiving steel, blue as his depression, but full of
curves to symbolize the soft lies we tell each other to convince
ourselves that everything is all right. The critics called it bold,
daring, a triumphant masterpiece, but the public assumed it was a
playground. Earnesto found this strangely appropriate, others
innocently delighting in his suffering. Modern Art magazine praised
its long winding paths that led nowhere. NouveauSculptr.com
sympathized with its endless up and down theme. The children of
Woodland Hills mostly preferred the twisty slide.
- Originally mailed to A. Anderson in Portland, Oregon
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