Hey, you! Yes, you, the creature on the 14th street/8th avenue station. Who are you? What are you doing here? Are these other creatures your friends, family?
There are many different characters on the platform of the A/C/E trains and along the stairway. Some are looking up underneath a partially open manhole cover. Others are being pulled by a lobster. At the end of the platform the observer is caught in a middle of a failed bank robbery as the cop creature is catching one of the thieves in action.
I wonder how long they've been there? There is not a graffiti or a scratch in sight, despite this being one of the busiest stations in NYC. Tourists stop to take pictures. New Yorkers pass by them every day without seeming to notice them. But I know they do. They notice them. I did. I wasn't even ashamed to take a picture as you can see.
I will call this creature Betty. The strong and courageous Betty Milano, who just recently stepped off a long journey from the most Southern part of Italy. She was awed by the site of the Statue of Liberty looking from the shores of the Ellis Island. Betty came here to find work. She needed to earn some money so she could send it to her parents and her 4 year old daughter back home. Betty hopes that Isabella, her brown locks, thick-browed and blue-eyed daughter doesn't miss her too much. After all she promised that she will bring back lots of presents and a Barbie doll.
She will come back home soon, won't she?
That particular collection is called 'life underground' by Tom Otterness. I believe he has tons of others throughout the city. This made me read up on him...very interesting!
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