narcissism

i used to think it was a little creepy, and even more so when  a well-meaning friend explained that it was meant a massive self-portrait. so somewhere the artist is laughing at having con-ed council out of buckets of money to put insert himself in the landscape. first saw this en route to camby for Y's graduation and again recently on a short detour to actually get up close and personal while the lighting was good. there were many shutterbugs gathered at the foot of the monstrosity and i felt like we were photobombing their photos by traipsing around. this little excursion was all that stood between me and tea time, needless to say it was a short lived one.