Truly happy...(posted 8787 days ago)In fact, you've got me rereading my post in proof reading mode to find the ambiguity that might lead you to think I was anything but truly happy. Too terse? not enough little smiley faces? :',)+#!->]!... how's that?
Really, I assumed the usual risk (of the unexplained image, exhibited) and was, this time, positively rewarded. Thanks for getting something, good out of it.
As for "what the artist meant/means", I had no interpretation other than the joy of a simple toy in the hands of a boy (heehee...it rhymes!). I recognized the potential for symbolism and was/am hopeful that good things might come of exhibiting this picture (in the mind of any viewer), but I have attached no specific interpretation to this image. It is a sufficiently open ended image that on different days, it makes me consider different things.... t