Halloween Special
This is another super deep one, you guys, so get ready. I've been putting skeletons on bikes for a little while now. I don't know what folks really think of it, to be honest. I just do it for my own reasons each time, and the different symbols take on new meanings to me as time goes on. This piece is a recent manifestation of that kind of pictorial evolution. I'll got out on a limb and try to explain it a little bit: "Caro recedit, animi ... in rotis manemus" is Latin (according to Google) for-- "The Flesh falls away, the soul remains... In the wheels we abide." The bicycle is symbol for balance. It's very difficult to operate, though, if you're not moving forward. I think we get caught up with stuff in life and end up trapped in the idea that we need to "stop" doing stuff-- stop eating so much, stop smoking, stop drinking, stop sitting on our asses all day, stop thinking about stuff we don't want to thin