CREATURES TO WHOM
MIRRORS MEAN NOTHING
PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES
“ Being quicker to sense unhappiness
without having to be told the dreary
details or who is to blame, in dark hours
your silence may be of more help than many
two-legged comforters. In citizens
obedience is not always a virtue,
but yours need not make us uneasy because,
though child-like, you are complete, no New
Generation whom it’s our duty
to disappoint since, until they notice
our failings, they will never bother
to make their own mistakes. ”
excerpt from “Talking to Dogs,” WH Auden
