"When I moved to New York for graduate school, I needed find some solace in my new surroundings in lieu of the nature I'd left behind (Athens, GA). In an otherwise bleak/frightening/filthy/rat infested neighborhood, I began to see some humor in these unlikely sources: hydrants, which in turn helped to make New York more penetrable and doable. The focus on these omnipresent objects has endured as a symbol of finding beauty in small things, even the dankest of places/situations/times."
