Winged Victory of Samothrace

I want to look at this image of this sculpture and divorce it from the faces and thing you might now about it and just take in what you see here let it talk to you what does it make you feel what is the artist saying with in this sculpture. what questions does it bring to mind. this is not for the arterati who can  speak about meaning of this swoop here and meaning of that movement there mean bla bla bla. This is about art real art affects people it sticks you in side and brings forth something anything really no wrong answer it is just what it says to you. At least 10 min and just look at it without trying to come up with any thing then take the next 10 to write down your thoughts on it. 

This is what I felt in looking at this work without knowing the history of it, it wrecked it when I did but this is how I saw it.

                                                     "Where is the head? How old is this thing? If the arms are wings what would the head have been? Did they break it or find it broken? OK OK hypocrite start just feeling flight freedom grace. wait it doesn't have a foot either would the foot have been a foot or a claw oh maybe a cheetah foot.... or would the bird thing have continued talons to rip you to shreds.  SO how old is this they just had reality then no photoshop or anything how does one go from reality to wing arms with just the imagination this was pretoilet how does one do that? ok ok focus breath it in let it feed your soul. boldness anticipation mystery in direction with the leg covered like that. strength beauty This had to be made by a man the female form is beautiful but this had to be made by a man. ripped dress to show the navel just like the graphic novels this could be the birth of those pictures. Great now I am seeing this artist as the comic book guy from the Simpsons. This is kindda prof that the geek crowd has been a while for a long time for all time this is super old. The birth of summer block buster is right here battle star Galactica birthed in this stone. Oh great now I actually have to write that if I am going to be honest about what I thought and felt about this as I looked at it wonderful. Stop it stop it just look take it in . moving forward this looks like uncertain with the wind only storms blow wind like that. This makes me feel courageous like braving a new direction with boldness."


SO then I looked it up and found out it was in fact an image of Nike goddess of victory riding a ship she was made in Greece around 190 BC she was riding on a ship (in my defense was not in the picture I studied.).  The original is in the Louver in France, the picture I studied for my impressions was on their web sight. So good or bad this is what I felt thought and saw what did you feel think and see?