One of the most amazing discoveries we made in Sofia Bulgaria was the statues. Both in number and variety these statues, found on the streets and in the parks of Sofia, are even more intriguing than the strange and wonderful statues of Prague. These Bulgarian statues are from a variety of historical times. Of course we have seen wonderful ancient statues in the museums across Europe, the trouble is you have to see all the museums of Europe to see any one statue, as one museum may have the head another the arms while another has the body. I began to think of viewing statues as a kind of where is waldo jig saw puzzle experience. Strange though, just seeing the heads or just the armless headless forms also seemed very satisfying and powerful. May be it is like looking at a small part of a painted picture you have to focus on the part instead overlooking the whole. The only thing of mystery to me is there are so many monuments, statues and heads that have the noses smashed off (like the Spinx of Egypt). It got me wondering if there is a museum just full of noses somewhere.
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Love the car statue, reminds me of my custom 3 seat Falcon. The old fellas on the bench is the best though. When I go have me bronzed and prop me up in front of the Keno display in the mall.
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