"When they evacuated, they had all their baggage animals they couldn't take off with them so they just broke their forelegs and dumped them into the shallow water. All those mules with their forelegs broken pushed over into the shallow water."
From a short story by Ernest Hemingway
Hi. Just want to say I really like this. Its a strange scene with a drowning horse... raises more questions thank it gives answers. I like that about it :-)
Thank you, Mikkel, for your kind comment.
I have read and re-read this passage from Hemingway, which obviously touched a chord of mine, and have been preparing the little diorama with research and sketches for some time, However, when I was putting the poor animal in the water and the scene started coming "alive" in front of my eyes by my own hands, it was really painful and had to take many breaks before being able to complete it.
Mikkel Frederiksen
Hi. Just want to say I really like this. Its a strange scene with a drowning horse... raises more questions thank it gives answers. I like that about it :-)Kostis Papadimitriou
Thank you, Mikkel, for your kind comment. I have read and re-read this passage from Hemingway, which obviously touched a chord of mine, and have been preparing the little diorama with research and sketches for some time, However, when I was putting the poor animal in the water and the scene started coming "alive" in front of my eyes by my own hands, it was really painful and had to take many breaks before being able to complete it.