ATLAS SHRUGGED

I stopped in front of Rocafeller Center the other day because of this beautiful statue. I recognized it right away because it is on the cover of the book i reading, "Atlas Shrugged" by Ann Rand. The statue is of Atlas, who in Greek mythology was forced by Zeus to hold the heavens on his shoulders at the edge of Earth, for eternity.

"By harsh necessity, Atlas supports the broad sky
on his head and unwearying arms,
at the earth's limits, near the clear voiced Hesperides,
for his is the doom decreed for him
by Zeus the counselor"

You may have read in my earlier blogs, how much i hate to interpret artist work. However, i will say just this:





In the Novel, the industrialist, inventors and those that challenged ideas went on strike. Choosing Atlas for the cover was simply brilliant. He was forced to carry the weigh of the world on his shoulders, just as the "brains" of America was. Ann Rand demonstrated what would happened if they went on strike and the world was left in the hands of the "looters". looters meaning, those that WANT and expect to reap without work, skill or afford. she depicted a world where the inventors realized their importance and refused to work for the undeserving. in this novel, Atlas shrugs and Rand writes of its consequences.

Photograph by gIz

x.O.x.o, gIz