“Alright, be sincere, that’ll win it?”
“That’s it., sincerity and honesty will do it, it’ll trick ‘em every time.”
“Well, sincere and honesty, I’ve never tried that. I’ve tried everything else but maybe I’ll try sincere and honesty.”
the earliest record of truly bipedal gait. And romantism.
I recognized this piece as soon as I saw it. I cannot confirm the relationship from the description on the burning man site. But I still say it’s a beautiful art piece inspired from an archeological find. Although my hope is that Laetoli footprints are made by a male and his female companion rather than a mother and a child.
Passage
by Karen Cusolito and Dan DasMann
The sculpture represents a mother (30′ tall) and a child (20′ tall), walking side by side through an unspecified time. Their hands are extended toward each other, the mother’s over the child’s, and from her hand pours a liquid flame. The flame mingles in the child’s hand for a moment, then pours into a long pool of fire which flows before them. The hands on the outside of the figures are extended and from each a gentle stream of water pours and collects on either side of their bodies into long reflecting pools which flow forward toward the horizon. From behind each figure trails a series of burning footprints which diminish as they get further from the figures, marking the history of each and the energy they shared with the earth during their passage. The mother’s gaze is fixed on the child. The child is looking forward to the horizon, at the future.