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About: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust / Adult mental health (inpatient) Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Adult mental health (inpatient) NG3 6AA
Posted by hector (as ),
I have recently been going through a real bad patch in my life. but with many thanks to my CPN I think that I might be coming out the other end even though things are still very difficult for me.
My CPN is always at the other end of the phone if not she always calls me back as soon as possible.
I think that she is one in a million and deserves the feedback that she gets, she is so committed to her work and gives me constant reassurance that I am not being a nuisance to her as I feel that I am.
without her dedication I am very sure that I would have committed suicide by know and would be a statistic.
Sarah from stonebridge you are one of the best.
Response from Tracey Taylor, Service Manager, Community and Residential Services (South), Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 3 years ago
thank you for sharing your story. I'm really pleased that things are going well for you and that you have chosen to write in a public forum which I am sure will be inspiring to others. I'll make sure too that Sarah sees this.
wishing you all the best for your continued recovery, Tracey
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Blogger's Block
I do want to wish that all my injured friends get well. Joseph and his poor tortured sesamoid (by the way I believe you're going to do well tomorrow!). Joe Positive and her hip. Mainers and his seemingly healed calf and now cold. Meghan and her pain in the butt. Evie and her stubborn foot.
Hmmm. What else? I did read the NY Times article on endorphins. All I can say is, duh. I could have told them that and they could have saved the money and the resources they spent on the study. There was nothing like the feeling I got last summer finishing up those 20ish mile wave workouts on the towpath. It would be hot and I'd be covered in sweat, so much so that I could wring it out of my shorts. I remember jogging to my car after I was finished and fishing around in my workout bag looking for the jug of fruit punch flavored endurox I lovingly prepared for myself, complete with lots of ice so it would still be nice and frosty when I drank it. I would get through the last couple of miles of that workout just thinking about that jug! Mmm. And in no other context does that stuff taste good. But when the sun was beating down and I was dehydrated and flooded with those endorphins it tasted damn good! See, running does make you high. I miss the towpath. And I miss endorphins. I might even miss endurox.
Yikes. To overcome my running blogger's block I've stooped to reminiscing. I mean, who wants to know about my 3.5 mile no watch run around downtown Cleveland? It was nice, but nothing to write in a blog about. So you'll have to settle for my reminiscing.
* This is so bad I can't even find a good picture! So, today in honor of my sister's cats' preparation for their great voyage, enjoy this cat, who incidentally looks strikingly like Fortunato, in a sleeve.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
5 Minutes in the Valley
I got out for a run a little while ago. Just 4 miles. I ran down my snowy street as it winds along the river. The only irritating thing was the speeding drivers. My street is windy and mildly hilly and not conducive to driving over 30 miles per hour, especially from a pedestrian's vantage point. When I reached the end of our road, about 1.75 miles from my house I turned around and spotted a huge darkly colored hawk sitting in a tree along the river bank. One of the benefits of not training is that I was able to take the time to stop and admire it. It didn't seem to mind my gawking. I could hear nearby song birds squawking, probably about the big bird danger lurking nearby.
As I made my way back home I passed mrp on his way out and I tried to tell him about the hawk, but he just looked at me and said, "what?!" Heh. I forgot there was a headwind going in that direction. No matter. It would probably be gone by the time he gets there anyway.
I decided to add on a half mile loop of a sidestreet on my way back and I was having such a nice time I ran past home and over the single-lane bridge to check out the gas well to see if it was activated. For some reason I always get a kick out of seeing that thing humping. On the way back I watched the spring-time river rush by below me.
Fortunato is now awake and standing next to me and still oblivious to the scene outside. Mrp's here and complaining that despite all his attempts to attract them, there are no bluebirds among the avian throngs. They must be extinct, he says. The mourning dove is gone and the juncos have taken over, having weathered the brief appearance of an aggressive grackle. As much as I hate to admit it, the snow just might bring out the best in this place.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Great Expectations
Well, I have been struggling with feelings of disappointment for quite some time. I'm not talking acute and normal disappointment that comes from running a subpar race. I'm talking about the kind that comes from expecting life to generally be a certain way only for it not to go that way. Wa wa, right?
Here's what I expected. I expected to run a strong marathon in October, one that left me satisfied. Then I expected to have an amazing wedding to mrp in November. Then I expected to train for one more month for club nationals and to run tough and help my team there. Then I figured I'd take a break from running and mrp and I would focus on starting our family and within a month or two I'd be pregnant and here we would be expecting. More expecting.
Here's how it went. My marathon was far from satisfying. Sure, it was a pr and I have learned to live with it. If I never run another marathon I really won't feel that bad about a lifetime personal best of 3:10:15. Whatever. Sure, I know I can do better, but if I never have the opportunity, so be it. If I do, bonus!
Our wedding was amazing. In fact, it exceeded my expectations, if you can believe it. The marriage itself is going swell too. I am very happy and thoroughly satisfied on that front and I trully am not just saying that 'cause I'm supposed to.
I did continue training but a couple of weeks before club nationals we and I had my first ever pregnancy "scare." My period was seemingly late for the first time ever and I had been feeling things I normally don't feel. Well, turns out gaining a couple of pounds and decreasing mileage by 40% or so will do that to a girl. It appears my hormones were balancing out and those symptoms were normal pre-menstrual symptoms and the late period was just a slightly longer normal cycle. False alarm, but it got us thinking and it distracted me from training and racing my best at nationals. I still had a blast, which was really the point, but it was the beginning of the muddled feeling of confliction and disappointment.
So, I took December and January off from training. I ran a bit, but not much to speak of thinking I'd get pregnant. Nothing. People told me I could keep training and still get pregnant--afterall, many people had done it. "I knew this one woman who got pregnant three times on 60+ mpw" or "My friend was shocked to find out she was pregnant the week before her marathon" or "Paula Radcliffe..." So, I thought maybe I was being overly cautious and since I felt antsy and wayward I talked to Tinman about it and he helped me come up with a lower mileage plan (45-50 miles per week).
Still nothing. Actually, those pounds I had gained started to flee. What's worse is that I attempted to run three races in this time. I legitimately had a horrible stitch in NY, but I have to wonder if somehow it was self-sabotage and in the next two races I consciously could not put the pedal down and push my body to the brink. I want to devote my body's resources to nurturing a child now, not running a pr. Even on my fartleks I started to feel conflicted. I just couldn't do it. As hard as it was to realize and accept that training and getting pregnant are pretty mutually exclusive for me, I felt instantly better once I decided to focus on one over the other.
So, that's where things stand for me. I am still running, just not much and not very fast. I am not to exceed 30 miles per week and I am not to run hard. My doctors agree. Tinman agrees. I agree. This is what's best. It's just not easy.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A Camera in the Wrong Hands
Sometimes they come out really bad, like mrp's face is cut off and when it's not you can tell he's over the whole picture thing and then of course we're both squinting because I insisted we take our beautiful portrait with the intense morning sun in our face.
But that's beside the point.
We immediately noticed how low the water table in Lake Meade is. Oh, and of course how strinkingly beautiful it is too. Can't not mention that! Of course then we needed to do what all tourists do: prove we were there!
First mrp.
Then me.
Then mrp and me. How novel!
And here's a little of mrp's right brain porn: a shot of the under construction bridge for the under construction Rt 93 Hoover Dam bypass. After a few snapshots and ducking and weaving RV driving and tour bus riding tourists, we hit the road for the real prize. And after a lot of staring out the window looking for weird cacti, we finally made it. Unfortunately, it looked like this.
That's a real picture of the sky. Duh. We navigated through the dark and found our lodge. I told the lady at the desk we were there to check-in. She looked for my name and said I wasn't on the list of reservations. "Impossible!" I said as I whipped out my printout. She took a look at it and noted the reservation I made was for the preceding two days. Christ! Remember that thing I was telling you about problems with details. Well, there you go. Luckily they had rooms for our two nights and luckily the rest of the trip was going so smooth mrp and I thought it was freaking hilarious and laughed about it all the way up to the room.
In the morning, after a brief encounter with a lady elk (which is odd for some of us, Meghan).
Then finally mrp spied the Canyon!
I was a little more timid at first.
Note the bar. But then, I relaxed and posed (a little stiffly) seemingly at the edge of the precipice.
And once warmed up, mrp and I tackled quite a bit of the unpaved rim trail even in the snow.
And of course along the way we hammed it up with some buildings.
On our way out mrp and I got to talking about grade school social studies and about how we were both fascinated by the idea of a Painted Desert. We saw on a map in the lodge lobby that we were within 50 miles or so of the Painted Desert. We asked some kid who worked there about it (who was from Nebraska, according to his name tag). We asked him whether it would be a nice drive out to Tuba City. He replied, "I don't know why you'd want to do that. It's just desert." We were sold. And off we went.
About 10 miles outside of the park we came to a roadside scenic overlook. As we walked down we saw a sign that said "Watch for Snakes and Lizards." "Go stand by the sign so I can get a picture," I directed mrp.
As I was fumbling with the camera he gets all excited and says, "Hey, there's a lizard." And there you have it.
We headed off walking down a dusty desert path and climbed down some rocks and suddenly were overtaken by a canyon carved by the Little Colorado River. Beautiful! The Grand Canyon is so immense it is hard to mentally grasp. Perspective is all off and it is just this constant ruddy panorama. But this little canyon was so much more easily grasped that it made it almost equally stunning to us midwesterners.
And speaking of stunning:
Haha. We were the only one's there so I took the opportunity to release my inner cheesecake. And then we climbed back out and headed back to the car.
As we drove we found ourselves deeper and deeper into the Navajo Nation and the beautiful and constantly changing landscape of the Painted Desert. We stopped in Tuba City for cheese burgers (it was later on Sunday so other than fast food not much was open--no fry bread). We decided to keep on going for just a little longer. We headed out another 25 miles or so and it was just beautiful. We decided to turn off the road before turning around just to take in the sights. All of a sudden I noticed some movement off into the distance and then I realized what it was.
Wild mustangs headed our way! Ok, not wild mustangs, but running horses of any ilk are pretty cool.
And then we headed back to our National Park confines and into the sunset.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Ahh, Humility
But as I was finishing up my four miler and reflecting on the demise of the Hustler Club, my mind wandered to Eliot Spitzer. I guess I should preface this with the fact that I have a bit of a curious fascination with the sex industry. I get it, but I don't get it. I'm sure it's because I'm a woman, but I really don't get why men would upend their lives for sex: ruin relationships, risk disease, ruin careers, waste gobs of money etc. And even more peculiar to me is what causes a woman to enter the sex industry? The Eliot Spitzer case is a perfect case study and it fascinates me. Anyway, as I was running I was thinking about the fact that the prositution ring was called the Emperor's Club and how I always associate the words "the fall of" with every Empire.
And this got me to thinking about myself. I am totally one of those people who just as she starts to think she's hot and starts to strut she trips on the sidewalk and looks like a fool! I am glad that happens to me and keeps me in check. I like being stuck on earth. But really, I read something about why the scandal is so particularly damaging to Spitzer: no one likes him. He was a horribly cocky asshole to everyone that got in his way and he had no friends. He staked his whole political career on squashing people like bugs. He is just that quintessential case of getting too big for his britches. The more tyrannical the empire, the farther it has to fall and the more humiliating that fall is. And worse still, no one will be there to help clean up. Sad.
And this got me thinking back to my pecking order post. When runners get too cocky about their abilities and alienate those around them there will be no one there for them when they get injured or sick or life gets in the way. As I struggle with my down time I am glad I have a lot of friends who have been there and when I feel bad about and worry that people think less of me that I'm not out there racing well right now that kind of stuff helps me feel better and confident I can pick it back up when the time is right, like Chelle (seriously, she is the patron saint of comebacks!)
Anyway, speaking of embarassing, I don't think I told you this exciting news: I'm being audited. When I found out a few weeks ago I collected all my records and upon my review, I realized I made a really stupid mistake. I'm a tax lawyer and I'm supposed to know what I'm doing. And of course the error was in my favor so I've been sweating how I was going to handle it. I was pretty sure that they would give me an extra hard time about it because of my job, assuming I did it on purpose. I really didn't. For a tax attorney, I am terrible with minutia and details. I have never ever taken an accounting class. In fact, the extent of my accounting knowledge comes from the Accounting for Dummies book sitting over there on my book shelf. I was even a math minor and only did well in math because I got the big concepts just fine, but I'd always get dinged for arithmetical errors. I am into policy and fighting the man, not so much filling out forms and sometimes my lack of interest in and attention to detail causes me to make stupid mistakes that come back to bite me.
But yes, as I walked up the stairs to the auditor's office, I pictured my future spending time whittling and singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot in the federal penitentiary alongside gruffy man-voiced biker chicks, detoxing junkies, and young women with scary boyfriends with tears tattooed on their cheeks. But once in, I sucked it up and admitted the moronic mistake and it was no big deal. I told the auditor about it and he agreed it was a mistake, but he was nice about it and laughed with me about my lack of skill in tax return preparing. I will owe a few hundred dollars. Oh well. I'm sure if I went in there all bad-assed tax lawyer I'd be screwed right now. Ahh, humility.
In other news, I ordered the hook-up thingee for my camera so I should be able to upload some pics from our trip early next week. When I do, I'll tell you all about the Arizona excitement.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Even worse, the place is teeming with misguided parents who somehow got hosed into thinking a place with pictures of naked women in lascivious poses littering the sidewalks and with hotels that force you to walk a long ways through a smoky labrynthian casino is a family destination. It's really not, whatever anyone might tell you. It is the most adult of playgrounds and if you accept that it can be a lot of fun. And boy did mrp and I have fun!
It was so fun just to gape at the spectacle. Sure, the water attractions at the hotels, like the Fountains of Bellagio (said in a very breathy and vaguely European accented voice) are nothing short of appalling in light of the drought conditions in the dessert Southwest (made even more glaring when we passed over the very obviously depleted Lake Mead). But the fake New York, Paris, Egypt, Rome, Venice, Thailand were absurdly amazing. "Rome," also known as Caesar's Palace is truly the best of the bunch. In fact, before we even made it into Caesar's I was sure all those thick velvet curtains in the casinos hid VIP vomitoria. Maybe there really aren't vomitoria, but I'm sure for the right price one could purchase an orgy. Vegas proves there are some things about people that span the ages. I'm sure I would have been a snobby Roman if I was born 2200 years ago too.
Anyway, mrp and I were total dorks and paid too much to ride to the top of the "Eiffel Tower" (which was horrifying!) and we got the guts up and forked over too much to ride the roller coaster on top of "New York" (which was really fun!) We went out for an absurdly expensive dinner (seriously, I didn't know a dinner for two people could cost that much!) We went with an opulent 7-course tasting menu at the chicest of French restaurants. We even let the sommelier choose our wine for each course (1985 Port tastes pretty damn good!) In our normal life we would NEVER do anything like that and I'm not sure we're sophisticated enough to fully appreciate it, but we did appreciate expanding our horizons and just doing something different. Mixing it up and living on the edge is good sometimes! Foie gras is always disgusting! And now we know.
As for running, while we were in Vegas we got out to run once. We drove about 15 miles West to Red Rock Canyon. It was such a nice break from the Vegasness of Vegas. The ranger pointed us to some non-treachorous trails and off we went running through the dessert. It was glorious! I now understand the appeal of real trail running. It was so fun to cruise up and down the single track dusty trails. Man, I could do that all day everyday. So beautiful and fun! We managed about 4 miles but we did do a little starting and stopping to gaze at the scenery or check out a lizard or two along the way. Afterwards we found a trail that went deep into the rocky canyon and did a little hiking and exploring. Then we returned to the faint dinging and whirring and flashing and smoking of the casino-wonderland to the East.
At least we had the forethought to ditch Vegas in favor of the Grand Canyon on Saturday morning. We got to avoid the weekend bacchanalian throngs and see one of the 7 natural wonders of the world to boot!
Monday, March 03, 2008
Pecking Orders and Not-Races
Thank goodness it didn't, though. Mrp decided to run the entire race with her and *M* managed to talk her friend *K* into running the first 15k too. On top of that the course was pretty icy, the weather was frigid and windy and mrp said the course was about .25 miles long. Plus, it turned out I had a lovely tempo run that I would have missed out on and *M* didn't even end up pushing all that hard. In fact, by the time I finished my 15k I was just a few seconds behind her.
The way it panned out was, I awkwardly lined up with mrp, *M*, and *K* feeling like I didn't quite belong. Running has a weird social hierarchy. This was the first time I met *K* and I felt her look me up and down with this sort of "who are you?" kind of thing going on. Admittedly it could all be in my head as I did feel a little out of place as it was. But, I've noticed this before. No one talks about this, but just like in any other social arena, running has it's popular and unpopular people. It's mean girls and wannabes and everything in between. I know name droppers and people who's self-worth seems so hung up on their running that it's embarrassing to talk to them. I also know fast runners who won't give slow runners the time of day. At the same time, I know way more nice well-adjusted runners fast, slow, and everywhere in between.
I definitely have my faults and I don't mean to talk smack at all. It's just that sometimes I feel kind of bad about it. Even though in the rest of my life I am pretty well-adjusted sometimes I feel like the kid sitting by herself in the school cafeteria in my running life because I didn't use the right lingo or because I didn't run a time that magically acts as a ticket into the cool table. Sometimes I feel like the coolest kid in school too when people I've never met congratulate me for some race I ran months earlier or people seem strangely eager to meet me. Maybe it's because I'm relatively new to running and I'm figuring out the social structure so that's why I feel like a kid sometimes?
For me, I want running to be a break from pecking orders and social competition. I like to root for everyone and I try not to feel bad that this or that person did better than me, although I do feel bad sometimes when I feel like I didn't run hard enough to beat them. I admittedly don't always succeed. I admittedly have gotten caught up in the competition from time to time and have had to check myself. But 99.9% of the time I am happy for other people's running successes. Why not be? I did talk to *K* and her husband quite a bit after the race and they were super nice and I'm sure any look was inadvertant or unconscious (or again, possibly in my head). But this very minor incident got me thinking about all this other stuff so it was worth mentioning. Again, it is in no way meant as a negative against *K*!
Anyway, back to the race. The four of us went out together. I ran with them through the first mile or so and then we hit a narrow bike path that was covered in ice. So, we were all clustered in there and then the 5k runners started coming back through us and I got cut off from my group. By the time I got off the path onto the road, they were a good 15 seconds or so ahead of me and dropping the pace. I felt really good right where I was so I just relaxed and went with it. I was running alone and I was locked into a very comfortable 6:5x pace the entire way. I can't tell you how nice it felt. It was weird. By mile 3, I watched *K* break away from *M* and mrp. *K*'s fast! She went on for the 15k win.
By about 7 miles or so I started to feel a little tired, no maybe bored is the word I want here. I was ready to be done. I think I would have dialed it down a bit but the wind was starting to whip up and it was really cold. I could feel a stupid stitch building and by then I was entrenched in second place and still happy as a clam with my pace so why tempt fate at that point. So, I continued on dancing over the icy bike path again and then looking forward to the finish until I got there and they told me I had to run around the building once before heading into the shoot. This annoyed me so this is the only time I picked the pace up. I finished second behind *K* in 1:04 and change and felt good.
It's awkward to me when people compliment me on my race when I know I really didn't race. It's hard to accept a good job when I feel like I really didn't do the job they think I did. Part of it is pride, "I could really run a lot faster!" And part of it is that I don't deserve it, "I'm sorry but I didn't do the work to deserve your praise!" But yesterday I just said thanks and smiled and let myself be satisfied for once.
I saw *K* and asked her if she was going back out but she said she was done and going for some coffee. She invited me along but I wanted to head back out to see how mrp and *M* were doing. So, I jogged back out along the course, again having to go on that god-forsaken icy bike path! I headed out a little shy of 2.5 and hung out with a cop waiting in the freezing cold in my capri tights, long sleeve top, and dollar store stretch gloves. I kept telling him I was only going to wait one more minute but I couldn't go knowing they should be coming around the bend any second now. Finally, I saw them and could tell they gave up the initial quest. I said good bye to my cop buddy and jogged after them and they weren't going much faster than me by this point. I passed over that stupid bike path one last time and fought the nasty wind before meeting them at the finish. *M* felt crappy, and like I said, it wasn't the day for super-hero running so they decided to just complete the 30k and call it a day. She'll just try again at a 25k next weekend. She nuts! But in a good way, of course.
As for me, I'm just playing this week by ear because on Wednesday mrp and I are hitting the friendly skies on our way to Las Vegas! We're spending 3 days in Vegas and then road-tripping to spend about 2.5 days at the Grand Canyon. I've never been to either. I've always wanted to reenact the Brady Bunch episode where the kids + cousin Oliver ride burros to the bottom of the Canyon and hijinks ensue. I also can't wait for the people watching possibilites of Vegas. Imagine all the gawking and judgment I can pass. I know what you're thinking!

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Photographing Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India
The Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, India is a lovely and historically important building. Sadly, following a range of terrorist bombings over recent years throughout India, photography inside this and other important civic and religious buildings is no longer permitted. I'm going to assume that this is because by making photographs you have a detailed, visual record of where to place a bomb.
Pretty simplistic, don't you think? And while it might be possible to restrict photographers with professional equipment, it's near impossible to stop folks making photos with phone cameras.
It's such a shame that much of the beauty, majesty and mystery of these wonderful structures can no longer be recorded. Of course there are many approaches to recording a place or event, including the following:
- the architectural and documentary photographer records for prosperity
- the artist interprets creatively and
- the tourist records important moments and memories from their own life's journey as a kind of visual record. This record helps protect against the vagaries of memory and allows us to share our experiences with others.
So, as you can see, banning photography is not without cost and there's much that is lost through the implementation of such draconian policies.
In some countries authorities seem to be more concerned about video cameras. The trouble is that most DSLR and mirrorless cameras sold today include video capabilities and this fact may provide the security guard on duty with yet another reason to challenge your right to photograph the site in question. So whether you use, or even know how to use, the video capabilities on your camera may be a moot point.
Photographers Demonstrating Patience and Curtesy
Of course photographers and tripods can be an issue, particularly where large crowds are present. But so long as the photographer is respectful of the site, and does not willfully impede the progress of other visitors, I don't see a problem.
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I'd heard about the security problems in India, following several bombings by groups that are commonly referred to as Muslim Extremists, but didn't realize that the response was so severe and so widespread. Frankly, as I travel primarily to photograph, there would be many places that I simply wouldn't visit if I knew I wouldn't be allowed to photograph there. That would certainly be my loss but, given my mission in life is to share the beauty of the world and its people to an ever wider audience, I'd say I wouldn't be the only one to miss out.
So, while I was unable to photograph the interior of this spectacular building, one that spoke to the splendour of former British Rule, I was able to wander around the grounds and photograph the structure from several angles. Photographing in the middle of the day, particularly under quite bright light, is not ideal for landscape or architectural photography. Nevertheless, the above image illustrates my favourite photograph from the series. While the building itself is largely backlit the shadows it casts provide a reasonably interesting reflection that repeats the shape of the main dome and surrounding towers.
Unless you travel in 5 star comfort India is a very difficult country in which to travel. Nonetheless, it's peoples, culture, temples and landscapes provide the enthusiastic photographer with fantastic opportunities to make truly memorable images. I've been to India on four or five occasions. I've been really sick on each trip, but it hasn't stopped me. It's just the price you sometimes have to pay to experience life at such a profound level.


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There are two types of suspension you can make use of. These are:
Regardless of the form of suspension you use, it must be fair.
That's right; the LRA gives your employee a right to fairness when it comes to suspension.
What does this mean?
You must ensure you have a good reason for wanting to suspend your employee (substantive fairness) and you must follow a fair procedure (procedural fairness) in order not to be guilty of unfair labour practices, says the Labour Law for Managers Loose Leaf Service.
Here are examples of what the LRA deems as unfair suspensions:
So how do you ensure suspension is fair?
Use these three steps to suspend an employee fairly
Step #1: Follow your disciplinary code or workplace policy if it deals with suspension
Step #2: Make sure you follow any regulation that deals with suspension; and
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Today's Weekend Edition Sunday features an interview with Jeffrey Symynkywicz, the author of The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption from Asbury Park to Magic. No "Spirit in the Night" in the interview, but here's his exegesis on "Jungleland":
In an interview, host Liane Hansen takes Symynkywicz through a few choice Springsteen songs, including the last song on Born to Run, "Jungle Land." Symynkywicz says it's an ethics song about perceived powers and the powers that be. Ultimately, he says, "Jungle Land" gives the sense that the bad guys have won — until that famous last scream from Springsteen.
"That scream is the exhaustion and the pain of living life in this world," Symynkywicz says. "In that scream is a defiance that it's not going to be the last word."
And yes, it's a middle-aged white guy thing, so shut up already. I'm counting on the youngsters here, especially you Ed and Katie and Randall and Luke, to resurrect our hipness quotient after this brief excursion to the heart of middle America.
In what should be, with any sense, one of my few stabs at quasi-hipness in the field of book reviewing, I once compared Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese's Mind of the Master Class to a recent Springsteen recording:
I rather feel about it [the book Mind of the Master Class] as I did listening to Bruce Springsteen's Devils and Dust--the critics praised it, eminent music-listening friends loved it, and I admired it in parts, but I could not help feeling that the talents of the artist were constrained by the form, that something was being held back, and that I was denied the impassioned masterpiece that I wanted to hear/read. Yes, this is an aesthetic rather than an intellectual critique, but there you have it. Oh, for the days of The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle--Springsteen's flawed, sprawling, but ultimately grand equivalent, I believe, to Eugene Genovese's problematic but still matchlessly interesting work Roll, Jordan, Roll (1974). By contrast, Mind of the Master Class . . . somehow lacks the majestic narrative that carried forward the earlier classic.
I'm going on 50, what can I say? But Bruce is about as religious a songwriter as you'll ever find. As he constantly reminds us, we're all hiding on the backstreets, tying faith between our teeth.
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- Luke Harlow at: August 10, 2008 at 3:59 PM said...
Paul, the Boss is about as hip as it gets these days. Many of the best (that is to say, bands I like) up-and-coming indie bands are referencing his sound. The Hold Steady, The Gaslight Anthem, Marah, The Loved Ones, and many, many others are finding Bruce quite influential. (Of course, maybe its a late-twenties white guy thing, but I don't think you're giving your relevance with the "younger crowd" enough credit.)
Of all the great armies of rock fans, few can match the devotion of Bruce Springsteen's. Anyone who has experienced Springsteen in concert will testify that the bond between audience and artist transcends the usual adulation. Something magical, almost mystical happens. Some might describe it as spiritual-most definitely it is life affirming. It is in trying to nail this phenomenon that the beautiful hardbound For You has arrived.
Edited by Lawrence Kirsch and replete with an amazing welter of outstanding photographs, it's a mind-blowing collection of thoughts and stories from fans of every age and many nations, each explaining why Springsteen occupies such an important place in their hearts. Covering all four decades of Springsteen's career it is possibly the ultimate volume for it is the fans who have made the journey and whose words tell us as much about them as they do about Springsteen. The warmth and humanity that flows from every page is truly moving and provides a beacon of hope from which we can all draw strength in these hard times. Not a book to be read at one sitting but rather to revisit and enjoy over time.
- BlakeatRice at: August 10, 2008 at 10:10 PM said...
I remember reading that review of The Mind of the Master Class, and I found the reference somewhat hip. But I grew up listening to country music, so I am far behind my fellow white guy liberals in revering the Boss. I only got into him in college. I think a little Springsteen devotion never hurt anyone; you just don't want to take it to Russert-like proportions or that will be all people talk about at your memorial services. Just a thought.
- Art at: August 11, 2008 at 7:28 AM said...
"I'm counting on the youngsters here, especially you Ed and Katie and Randall and Luke, to resurrect our hipness quotient"
Now that hurts my feelings. Is it because I'm in my mid-30s? Or is it because I'm irredeemably uncool? Heck, I once taught a section in "American cool" in a philosophy class. Oh wait... analyzing cool is decidedly uncool. So I guess you're right.
Still, I did send Blog Master Harvey a link to a fine OCMS song , which represents the best in interreligious song-writing.
I hear the tender words from Zion,
I hear Noah's waterfall,
Hear the gentle lamb of Judah,
Sleeping at the feet of Buddha,
And the prophets from Elijah,
To the old Paiute Wovoka...
Don't know what it does to the hipness quotient here, but I love Bruce. I always thought of it as a working-class Catholic thing, never a white guy thing or a middle America thing--it made perfect sense to me that he opened Jazzfest after Katrina, for example. The only academic thing I could ever stand to read about him though is James Fisher's haunting essay "Clearing the Streets of the Catholic Lost Generation" in Tom Ferraro's "Catholic Lives, Contemporary America" (Duke 1997). Anyone still putting a syllabus together: this is a fabulous collection.


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Romance Comics Presents: Licorice Whiplash
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Maybe Romance Comics Presents was a bit too on-the-nose when shopping for a female would-be fan, but it seemed like the protagonist was "empowered" enough to make up for the stereotyping.
"What's going on?" Katie studied me with narrow eyes as I approached her, hands behind my back.
She'd been working on a puzzle of all things when I arrived home that afternoon. Puzzles... now THERE'S a grown-up hobby.
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"No," she replied flatly.
"God! You never play along!" I laughed, thrusting the small stack of comics out toward her. "Here!"
The reception was chilly. She didn't reach out for the books, and instead pushed them away with the tips of her fingers. It was a wary reaction I'd gotten once before, though the thing I'd offered was definitely not a comic book.
"I told you I don't want those." She shook her head and made a face like she'd whiffed a bag of garbage.
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She let out a long, deep sigh and spread the comics out on the table, their clear baggies sliding easily over the surface.
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"She's a race car driver," I grinned. "Like Danica Patrick."
"But with insanely long, insanely red hair and huge boobs," Katie added.
She opened the book and started flipping through the pages, not so much reading through the panels as she was looking for things to be offended by. She stopped on a splash page of that Licorice woman walking away from a male race car driver, a tear on her cheek.
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She flipped a few more pages and stopped on a close-up of Cliff Cavern. He was an absurdly malformed caricature of a man. His lantern jaw was huge and ended with the deepest chin dimple imaginable. A thick, sandy brown mustache was draped over the huge, square, stark white teeth that made up his wide grin. The man's eyes were nothing more than a few squinty lines, and his hair was an untamed sex carpet.
"I can see why she's hot for him," Katie remarked, her fingernail tapping Cliff's chin, "who doesn't want to date the Elephant Man's date-rape cousin?"
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I threw my hands into the air with a groan of defeat, and then moved to collect the comics from the table. I picked up the super-hero comics, the horror comics, and so on. However, when I reached for Ms. Whiplash's romantic exploits, Katie did something surprising.
She leaned away and let out an annoyed grunt.
"Nooo," she protested, "I want this one. I want to bring it out every once in a while so I can make you feel bad."
The rest of the books went in with my existing collection, which was moldering away in the garage. That romance comic, the Licorice Whiplash farce... Katie held onto it. At first, she'd laugh and groan at it, but soon enough I caught her actually reading it through.
She liked it. I wasn't sure why, I'm still not sure, but for whatever sick reason she enjoyed the silly thing. Figuring I'd get the upper hand once more in this meaningless disagreement over the validity of comics as an art form, I set out on another secret task.
I checked eBay, went back to the comic shop, and so on... keeping an eye out for more of those books.
"Do you have any, uh..." I stood before the chubby guy at the comic shop counter, and suddenly realized what I had to ask, "Do you have any more Romance Comics Presents stuff?"
He shot me a quizzical look, and I couldn't tell if he was wondering why I wanted it, or what it was.
"My girlfriend," I explained, figuring it was the latter problem, "I bought her one, from here, in fact, and she liked it."
"Yeeaah," he responded slowly, "never heard of it."
So, I'd guessed wrong. The reason he was confused, of course, was his total lack of interest in anything remotely like what I was looking for.
I got the same reaction everywhere I looked. Comic message boards were no help, and I had to change usernames after a few people wouldn't stop mocking me for asking.
In a last ditch effort, I traveled to a used book store that had a few plastic storage bins of vertically stacked comics. There were usually a few issues of National Geographic and Hi-Lites in there, as well.
"Can I help you find anything?" The old man in his wire-rimmed glasses peered down at me as I sat amongst the bins, searching madly.
"No, thanks."
I wasn't really in the mood for assistance. Especially since I was pretty sure he checked me out the last time I visited. Either that, or I had sat in something and he was studying it intently.
"Ah-ha!" I started pulling books out of the bin and scattered them on the floor around me. "Score!!"
All told, I'd found three additional issues of Romance Comics Presents, all featuring the ubiquitous formula racing femme fatale, Licorice Whiplash. They were numbered randomly; issues two, four, and twenty. Still, I was happy with the discovery.
"How much, by the way?" I asked, finally locking eyes with the elderly dude who honestly seemed like he wanted to put his hands down my pants.
"Twenty-five cents each, or ten for two dollars," he responded.
I contemplated getting seven more, just to make an even ten... but then I'd get the stink-eye again. It wouldn't have been a gift for Katie, it'd just be me derping through the door with my stack of funny-books.
I was absolutely silent as I unlocked the front door that evening. I slipped into the house, across the living room, and headed toward the bedroom where I heard Katie listening to whatever horrible J-Pop band she'd become infatuated with that week.
"Psst," I whispered as I approached the slightly open bedroom door, "I have a surpriiiise for yooou!"
As I pushed open the door, however, it was me that got the surprise.
Katie sat on the end of the bed in her kitty-cat bath robe, studying herself in the mirror across the room.
Her hair was dyed bright red.
Licorice red.
"Whoa!" I shouted, unable to hide my shock, "What.. the... fuck?"
"Do you like it?" Katie turned to me and beamed, "I just did it. It came out perfect."
Katie was a lot of things, but fickle was not one of them. She liked routine. The same breakfast, the same TV shows, and the same things beneath the sheets. She was not one to make such a drastic change because of a comic book.
At least I had thought she wasn't.
"Uh... yeah. I guess. Wow, that's weird." I approached the bed and stared at the crimson mop atop my lover's head, completely awestruck.
"Oh, I'm so glad," she replied, "if you didn't like it, I would've just DIED!"
She went back to studying herself in the mirror, primping and preening as she saw fit. I'd never seen her act so self-centered, either.
"Hey!" She suddenly snapped her attention to the comics in my hand, the ones I'd forgotten to keep hidden, "Are those..."
She leaped from the bed and took the Romance Comics issues from my hand, jumping and squealing with joy.
"They are! They are!" She whirled around in place, her eyes locked on the colorful covers, and then she gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
From that point forward, everything I knew about Katie went right out the window. The hair was the first thing to change. Then, she started dressing in the jumpsuits. They weren't a match for Licorice's racing gear, but it was close enough to be all kinds of disturbing.
She started making every meal and attended to my every whim. In the bedroom, she did anything and everything I had been wanting. However, her sudden and disturbing shift toward coy, whimpering submission began to chill me to the bone.
The last night we were together... she breathlessly begged me to call her Licorice.
Finally, mere days after it had all began, I'd had enough.
"What's WRONG with you?" I demanded out of the blue. I had been quietly sitting over an untouched plate of poached eggs, sausage, and two different types of bacon. Something about the perfection of this spread had pushed me over the edge.
"What did I do, sweetheart?" Katie clasped her hands together, her face turning comically sad.
"This. Everything. These eggs! This fucking bacon!"
With one unthinking sweep of the hand, I ejected my entire meal from the table.
"Oh, no!" Katie whined, kneeling over the mess with a handful of paper towels, "Is something wrong with my cooking? Oh, I could just DIE!"
"Stop it!" I shouted, standing from the table and knocking my chair backward, "Stop acting so fucking stupid! If this is about the comics, you're really being an obnoxious bitch! I was trying to do something nice!"
"No!" she insisted, hands shielding her head as if I was about to hit her, "I love the comics! I love Licorice and her pit crew! I love her kitty, Checkers! … I love Cliff!"
"Oh come on, now I know you're full of shit."
"It's true! I'm sorry you had to find out like this... but... but I love him! I love him, and I've been seeing him while you're out! Oh, I can't believe what a mess I've made of things! What a silly, weak girl I am!"
Fatigued, awestruck, I fell back into my chair. Since it was no longer there, my descent persisted until I landed on the floor. There I sat, unable to make sense of what had happened to my girl's mind. I was nearly unable to move out of sheer shock.
Outside, a motor revved.
A horn blasted several times.
Katie leapt to her feet and bolted out of the room.
"Katie?" I shouted after her, "Katie, God damn it, I need to know what's going on! I need to know you're alright!"
I pulled myself up and stumbled after her. I made it out of the kitchen in time to catch a glimpse of bright red hair disappearing through the front door.
As my shoes hit the concrete steps in front of our house, I froze once again. Idling on the street was a sleek race car. It was an old design, perhaps from the 1950s or 60s, but it was spotless. Shiny. New.
I watched, helpless, as Katie reached the passenger's side door of the vehicle. Sitting in the driver's seat was a man I immediately recognized. The lantern jaw, chin dimple, mustache and wide, square teeth within a vaguely inhuman grin.
Cliff Cavern, his eyes little more than scrunched up wrinkles, flung open the door and let Katie in.
"Katie!!" I shouted as the car peeled off, leaving only smoke and skid marks, "What are you doing?!"
Within seconds, they disappeared into the distance. I collapsed on the stairs. All I could do was sit there, my jaw hanging open. The love of my life had gone to who-knows-where... with who-knows-what... and it was all because of whatever unfathomable influence I had brought into our lives... just to make a point.
I cried, feeling like the loneliest woman on Earth.
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About Andrew BenyeiAndrew Benyei`s expressive contemporary sculpture explores the human condition and, in his words "are personal emotional responses to the intricate and complex interactions of people whose expectations have been tempered by life." Most are anecdotal in a way which invites exploration of a possible underlying story, and many reflect the ups and downs of life in the kind of large organizations where Benyei spent much of his career. He displays an endearing empathy with the subjects h portrays and his interpretation is excitingly fresh and new. Benyei articulates his forms through a variety of media, including bronze, fibreglass, clay, and resin and his training as an engineer reveals itself within the composition and structure of the work, as each shows a precise, calculated point of balance and a disciplined and uncluttered energy.
Exhibition History of Andrew BenyeiSelected Solo Exhibitions
Elements, Grace Gallery, Toronto 2007
Everyman, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga 2006
Recent Sculpture and Painting, Brush Gallery, Toronto 2005
Summer, The Peterson Gallery, Toronto, 2003
Body and Soul, City Sculpture School and Studio Gallery, Toronto, 2001
Off Balance, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto 1999
Common Interest, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto 1997
Andrew Benyei, Diana Paul Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, 1996
Kisplasztikak, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 1996
Back on Bay Street, Sculpture Society of Canada Gallery, Toronto, 1995
A Leap of Faith, Alexander Gallery, Toronto, 1994
Premiere, Toronto, 1990
Selected Group Exhibitions
Array of Light and Form, Bradgate Arms, Toronto, 2011
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, 2009, 2010, 2011
Hot Stuff, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, 2009
About Face, Canadian Sculpture Centre, 2007
Reflections Canada-Hungary, Pier 21 Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2006
Celebrating Freedom and Achievement, Stewart Hall Art gallery, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, 2006
Portrait! Who and What are You? Varley Gallery, Markham 2005
Fenetres/Ablakok, Maison de la Culture Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal, Quebec, 2006
The Peterson Gallery, Toronto 2003, 2002
Figuratively Speaking, Canadian Sculpture Centre, 2002
The Art of Hungarian Canadians, Toronto and Budapest, 2001and 2003
The North American Sculpture Exhibition, Colorado, 1998
Miniatures, Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, 1998, 1999
San Angelo Ceramics Competition, Texas, 1998
Ontario Society of Artists, 125th Anniversary Tour, 1997
Fletcher Ceramics Exhibition, New Zealand, 1994
Trinity; Three Person Sculpture Exhibition, Aird Gallery, Toronto, 1994
Biennale nationale de ceramique, cross Canada tour, 1994-1995
The Canadian Figure, Nancy Poole`s Studio, Toronto, 1993
Sculptor`s Society of Canada: 65th Anniversary Exhibition, cross Canada tour, 1993
Ontario Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1992, and 1991
Look `92, Lambton Gallery, Sarnia, 1992
Historic Harbour Exhibition, Marine Museum, Toronto, 1991, 1995.
Biography / CV of Andrew BenyeiBorn in 1949, Benyei developed an early interest in the arts and began sketching and carving in his youth. During high school, he taught art at the Royal Ontario Museum, the YMCA and summer camps. Following graduation from the University of Toronto and working as a professional engineer and manager, Benyei continued to explore his talent as he attended and graduated from the Ontario College of Art. In 1990, after a shifting of personal priorities, he decided to concentrate on his artistic career.
Artist Statement of Andrew BenyeiThe primary intent of my work is to explore the human condition. It is situational sculpture and reflects society as I see it, or more clearly, as I feel it. This perspective on people and life come from my own personal life experiences.
My work may appear traditional because of its realism; but it actually moves beyond the traditional into "expressive contemporary sculpture". It is contemporary because it is a portrayal of contemporary life. It is a personal emotional response to the intricate and complex interactions of people whose expectations have been tempered by life. In order to achieve such an impact, I work on an expressive and imaginative level empathizing with the subjects and visualizing how I would feel in their situation as I sculpt them.
Awards and Prizes of Andrew BenyeiFirst Varley Portrait Award: Varley Gallery, Markham 2005
People`s Choice Award, Arts Etobicoke, 1997
Juror`s Choice Award, Sculpture Society of Canada Exhibition, 1995
Zigfried Jurevskis Memorial Award for Sculpture, 1994
Award for Sculpture, Colour and Form Society, 1993
Convex Systems Award, Scarborough Arts Council Exhibition, 1993
Scarborough Arts Council Award, 1992
Peoples Choice Award, "Look 92", Sarnia, 1992.
Acquisitions / Collections of work by Andrew BenyeiCollections
Airboss of America Corp.
Atchison and Denman
Aspen Technology Canada Inc.
Bayview Glen School
S.D. Bulte, M.P.
CAAT Pension Fund
Commins, Wingrove Marketing
The Continental Group
EDS Canada
The Enns Partners
First Service Corporation
Fraser and Milner
Franchise Company
Gibraltar Wealth Management
Gilliland Gold Young Consulting Inc.
Insight Business Consultants
Insite Institute
Integra Capital
Lovas Stanley/Paul Ray Berndtson
MacAuley, Shiomi, Howson
Mainstream Access Corporation
McKinsey and Company
Marketing Solutions, Inc.
Mossop, Cornelissen&Associates
PTY Consultants, Australia
Senator Vivienne Poy
Stuart Investment Management
Sunnybrook Medical Centre
Templeton Management
Univ. Of Cape Breton Art Gallery
Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, Canada
Wentworth Property Management
Xycorp, Inc.
Reviews of work by Andrew BenyeiArabella, "Artist to collect", Summer 2011
Magyar Elet, "Hungarian Visual Artists of Canada", April 30, 2008
La Vie Claire, "The Artful Garden", Spring 2008
Kaleidoscope, "Canadian Hungarian Visual Artists", May June 2008
The Muskokan, "Men at Work", July 31, 2008
OSA in the GTA Catalogue, Ontario Society of Artists, 2008
City Centre, The Mirror, "Face Value", March 16, 2007
Parcours, "Les Suggestions de Robert Bresnier", March/April, 2007
Magyar Elet, "Benyei Andras Titkai" (Andrew Benyei`s Secrets), May 12, 2007
Canadian Jewish News, "Sculptor`s History is as Unique as His Art", July 12, 2007
Brushup, News from the Art Gallery of Mississauga, Everyman, 2006
The News, "Life, Work Clash in Artist`s World", Sept 6, 2006
Kaleidoscope, "Andrew Benyei`s "Everyman", Oct 2006
Hungarian Visual Artists of Canada, 1956 2006 Catalogue, Oct 2006
Gallery Newsletter, Varley Gallery, Award for his work, Winter 2005
Alkatos, Hungarian Visual Artists of Canada "Biography of Andrew Benyei", June 2005
Gallery Newsletter, Varley in Unionville, "Portrait! Who and What are you", Fall 2005
The Muskoka Sun, Andrew Benyei An Artist`s Double Life, Aug 22, 2002
Bayview Glen Newsletter, 2002
Panorama, American Hungarian Worldwide Magazine, April 2001
New Society, Sociology for the 21st Century, Hartcourt Canada, 2001
Integra Items, Annual Report, 2001
The Art of Hungarian Canadians, published by the 1000 year committee, Fall 2000
Contact, HEPCO Credit Union Newsletter, "HEPCO`s Fan Club", Summer, 1999
Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and Conference brochure, 1999
Kaleidoscope, "Andrew Benyei`s Artistic World", Jan 1998
The North American Sculpture Exhibition Catalogue, Foothills Art Centre, May 1998
Westminister Window, Colorado, Showcase a mix of Artistic Forms, Jun 11, 199
Magyar Elet, "Benyei Muveszvilagja", Sept 6 1997
Ontario Society of Artist Catalogue, 1996
Nepszabadsag, Budapest, April 19, 1996
Magyar Narancs, Apr 11 1996
Arts and Events, First Canadian Place, "Andrew Benyei`s" Love and Work spring 1995
Ontario Society of Artists Catalogue, 1995
Surface and Symbol, "All Art is at Once Both Surface and Symbol", June 1995
Arts Etobicoke City Hall Art Gallery, "Portrait of an Artist", Mar 1995
Art Focus, Andrew Benyei Mixed Metaphores, Summer 1994
Foots Hill Town Crier, Career Change Brings Luck to Multi Media Artist, Feb 1994
Post Newspapers, Exhibition Turns Ordinary into Extraordinary, June 1994
Fletcher Challenge Catalogue, New Zealand, 1994
Espace, "The Sculptors Society of Canada 65 Years of sculpture in Canada" Fall 1994
Biennale Nationale de Ceramique, 6th edition, 1994, Quebec, 1994
Surface and Symbol, "Change a leap of Faith", May 1993.
Qualifications / Education of Andrew BenyeiAssociate Ontario College of Art and Design (AOCA), Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering (BASc), Masters of Business Administration (MBA).
Teaching ExperiencePresentations/ Seminars/ Courses Given
Scarborough Arts Council, Willowdale Group of Artists, Portrait Society of Canada, Ontario Woodcarvers Association, Hungarian Helicon Society, Central Technical school, Toronto, Haliberton School of Art, York University, University of Toronto.
Price Range of WorkAndrew Benyei's work has a price range from £600 to £12,100
Mediums utilisedAndrew Benyei's work is found in the following materials:
mixed Hydrocal bronze Resin
Artwork CategorisedAndrew Benyei's work is found in the following categories on site:
Humorous Witty Amusing Lighthearted Fun Jolly Whimsical Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines (8)
Dance Sculptures and Ballet Sculptures (5)
Nudes, Female Sculptures (4)
Females Women Girls Ladies Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines (4)
Couples or Group Sculptures (3)
Colourful Polychrome Sculpture Multi-Coloured Statues statuettes statuary (3)
Human Figurative Sculptures (3)
Happiness / Joy / Exuberance / Wild Pleasure sculpture (3)
Wedding Anniversary Gift or Present Sculptures Statues statuettes (3)
Indoor figurative sculpture (3)
Hyperrealistic Sculptures (2)
Bas Reliefs or Low Reliefs (2)
Earth Mother Gaia sculpture statue statuettes figurines (2)
Nude or Naked Couples or Lovers (2)
Contemplative, Restful, Thougtful Sculptures (2)
Stylized People Sculptures
Garden Or Yard / Outside and Outdoor Sculptures
Wall Mounted or Wall Hanging sculpture
Nudes / Male Sculpture
Meditation sculpture / Statues / statuettes / figurines
Male Men Youths Masculine Statues Sculptures statuettes figurines
Silhouette, Flat, or Thin or Two Dimensional Bas and Low Reliefs Sculptures or Statues
Aspirational / Inspirational Sculptures or Statues
Painted Coloured Tinted Patinated Enamelled Sculptures Statues statuettes
Love / Affection Sculpture
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