It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
~ Oscar Wilde
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I have posted several photos of this giant duck. I love it. It is symbolic of childhood and play and cleanness and ducks and water and floating and color and it is tactile. A lot of us know what it feels like to hold a rubber duck.
And it resonates with us.
We are drawn to it. Sometimes we fear things that are big - problems, natural disasters, dinosaurs. But I don't think most people are afraid of a giant rubber duck. At least these people didn't seem afraid of it.
After all, rubber ducky, we're awfully fond of you. And we have so much to learn from you. To just keep floating. To be quiet. And, like the song says, "When I squeeze you, you make noise." Is that not also true of us as human beings? (pause) Yes. Yes it is.
