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Bump Your Ass off, James.
Don't say I never gave you anything :)

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On Saturday we took a ride up to Dia: Beacon in Beacon, NY. One of the pieces in their collection really did a number on me. I was particular affected by Louise Bourgeois' Crouching Spider. The bronze giant stalks the seemingly small confines of a naturally lit brick room in the upper south corner of the building. It's black and bronze, spindly legs precariously and delicately balanced on razor sharp points. It made me feel like I wasn't sure if it was crouching to pounce or in order to fit into its temporary home. Each one of its slender legs almost touching the surrounding walls.

Being in a room with a 10 foot spider is really unnerving, even when you are fully aware that it isn't real. You still carry your own personal baggage to the work and apply your feelings to the scenario. For better or worse, I love that someone can make you feel something like that.

Crouching Spider has been on display in Philadelphia as well as San Francisco in outdoor settings.  There are many photos online of the work outdoors, and indeed it is a beautiful work outdoors, but none of the photos Ithat ’ve seen seem to have the feeling of menace that I experienced with the spider inside that room.

I found this photo on Grufnik's flickr of Crouching Spider and am using it with their Creative Commons license.The original is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grufnik/1411399458/ 

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On Saturday we took a ride out to Coney Island. It was unusually warm, in the 50's and it just seemed like the perfect opportunity to see this place that has been eating away at my subconscious for about 2 years now.

How I've managed to live so relatively close and yet have never encountered the visual wonder that is Coney Island is beyond me. It is like a feast for the eyes. Being able to experience it for the first time with what I'm sure is a miniscule fraction of summer visitors would be, was indeed a treat.

A tree grows in Brooklyn...

More pics to follow~

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We went in for the opening day of the Cycle World bikeshow in NYC today. The family was all off from work and school so we figured sneaking in on Friday at opening time would allow our daughter to enjoy the show without being sandwiched between all the patrons at face to butt level. Its tough being 6 in a big crowd. It proved to be a good call. We were able to get up close to see everything we wanted to look at.

That being said, I don't know if its me or what but it was a bit of a snoozefest. There wasn't anything really wow! exciting there.  I think back a decade ago and the bikeshow was something I looked forward to, was excited by. Now i think I just go out of tradition. Maybe now with information so readily available at every turn on the web, you've seen everything a million times over by the time you walk through the show doors. I dunno. For me the most interesting bikes were some of the customs and the vintage displays.

I found this to be interesting: DAM Motorcycles

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I saw this yesterday while we were walking around the East Village.

Whew! Good thing he's got a lock on it, eh?

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