Thursday, October 17, 2013

What the Sheep saw

On Wed, Oct. 16/2013 the NY Post reported a story about a terrified sheep that escaped from a slaughterhouse and ran for her life. Sadly she was captured and dragged back to the death chamber to be killed.

WHAT THE SHEEP SAW:

In her tiny corral her body pushed tight and with her brethren she fights for breath.
A neighbour is lifted upside down and back feet tied. Her hanging head almost touches the fresh blood on the floor of her newborn. Bleating. Panic and smell of terror. Bowels puke, fear and stench and terror...bleating. A mans hand a swipe on neck, cutting, blood pouring, eye blinking, weaker, weaker run...run.
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Please understand that Halal as well as Kosher animals are strapped upside down, their throats slit and are then left to bleed out still alive and conscious as the next animal in line watches. You should do some research on Wiki about this practice.

As an aside to the article..if you see a running, scared farm animal loose in the city please do not return it to the place of death and horror from which it ran.

P.S. To Coke O'Neal who saved the sheep. You tried to do a good thing. In retrospect, which is always easy...next time offer to buy the damn sheep from the slaughter guy and take it to a petting zoo.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Her Name- Sculpture by Karina Holosko

I am working with the female form for the first time.

Can you find the third eye on her?

She is wise, she is joyous she is learning to play in her own sandbox...at once exhaustive and glorious...a long time coming..

Monday, October 7, 2013

A beautiful Grandfather Clock

I was at the Met this weekend and I took this picture of a grandfather clock. It reminded me of my father Joseph Holosko who actually built me one by hand and always promised it would be mine.
I probably will never find out what happened to my clock so I took this picture to remind me of the one that was made with love in my honour.