Cow Island

'I have to say I think it's wonderful!' said Norma. 'Well you know me,' replied Bertha, 'I wasn't going to just sit around and let the time drift by.' 'It's sort of him but not him,' continued Norma. 'It's as if you've managed to capture the essential inner angst of the poet through a partially abstracted deconstruction of his individual character while still giving us an everyman figure.' 'You can see his bum from around here!' added Annie. 'And it's not your usual material is it?' asked Norma. 'This isn't stone!' 'It's papier mache,' replied Bertha. 'Interesting choice,' remarked Norma. 'I used the rejection letters from his publisher,' replied Bertha. 'He's been having them forwarded here. If you look closely you can still read bits of some of them.' Norma looked closely. 'So you can! They've spelt his name incorrectly on th...

'But it just doesn't speak to me!' mooed Bertha. 'I think it's quite nice,' replied Horace. 'But it's too staid,' continued Bertha, 'sculpture should challenge the viewer...I'd have taken a completely different approach!' 'Hmmm, I think you're taking it all a bit too seriously,' replied Horace. 'After all everybody has the right to see the world around them in their own fashion and anyway I think it's good of them to have a little museum onboard. You should just try to relax and enjoy it.' 'Enjoy it! exclaimed Bertha. 'It's a perfectly justifiable approach,' replied Horace,'just to enjoy something. It doesn't always have to be some overblown artistic struggle.' Bertha huffed. 'The paintings are just the same,' she added, 'dull, dull, dull...and everyone a landscape!' 'I think that one's pretty,' suggested Horace. 'OH PRETTY!' replied Bertha,...