I'm not sure why these dragons are along the hallway of Grand Central Terminal. I suspect biting their own tails makes them a ouroboros symbol. Perhaps the building designer wanted to remind train passengers of eternity, or it's a joke about "eternity's halls." The dragons are also intertwined with each other, so maybe it's a statement about how all things are connected... maybe a pun on making train connections?
I like the way their teeth look like zippers opening. I like the use of circles in the composition, and how the neck arc balanced out the arc of the wings. I'm not sure why the designer added a man and horse. It looks like he might be saddling the horse, but on closer inspection, he appears to be grooming the horse's mane.
If I were going to take these pictures again, I'd want a light source about twenty degrees forward in the plane of the carving and at about the four-thirty position. I suppose there's lamps on selfie-sticks out there...Now that I've been back home for forty-eight hours, I have the usual post-vacation travel observations:
- The air (pollen? ash? mold?) in the Willamette Valley gives me congestion and bothers my eyes. This makes me tired.
- Something makes my skin itch (see above, plus stress?); I suspect I've developed a nervous habit of scratching my forearms between bouts of typing.
- Ergonomics at workstations are important, and also hourly stretch breaks.
- I need to look at my tea habit, because I should probably replace one of the giant mugs of tea with something like a serving of carrots. Or hot water.
- Chocolate makes me fart. Probably early-morning rationing would help me not bolt so much when I snack.
- I should replace the grazing on almonds, craisins, chocolate, and tea at work with a more regular snack lunch of a tuna-lettuce wrap -- because I think this would improve my alertness.
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