Lion's Bridge Statue - Julia Allen

 I loved how we had just discussed man's constant need to try and 'conquer' wilderness either for magic or for other needs of control, and how the statue perfectly represented this. With the wild horse at the top of the statue being 'tamed' by a fully clothed and tamed man, it perfectly showcased humanities need for control. The statues at the bottom showed human mastery over geography/mathematics, literature, ship building and iron working, farming, etc. Then the top and most prominent piece was our mastery over nature. The arrogance of the statue is funny to me. Human beings always feel as though they are the top of the food chain and have truly conquered wilderness at all times. It's presumptuous to think that we could ever best and be better than nature itself and the earth that we are so reliant on.

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