The Bulls in My Life, the Guernica Painting, the Wall Street Bull

“To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.”

― Roseanne Barr

1 - A very important bull for me is in the Guernica, painting by Pablo Picasso

Bull is present in the Guernica Picasso painting. 

Guernica is at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, in Madrid.

Pablo Picasso, 1937, Guernica, oil on canvas, 349.3 × 776.6 cm. MadridPicasso said, …this bull is a bull and this horse is a horse……this bull is a bull and this horse is a horse… 

"If you give meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are." ~Picasso.

As an artist, I had that desire to see this amazing painting hanging at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, in Madrid. So, I did years ago. The big room was crowded with various guards in front of us paying attention to every movement of the public. 

“To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.”

― Roseanne Barr

2 - The financial bull market

Wall Street charging bull in New York, Original image from Carol M. Highsmith I lived for many years in NYC, and I used to go to the financial district to feel the vibe of the area.

Charging Bull is also called The Bull of Wall Street or the Bowling Green Bull.

It's a bronze sculpture on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City.

History of the sculpture. 

The sculpture was created by Italian artist Arturo Di Modica in 1987 after the Black Monday stock market crash. 

On December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with Charging Bull on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building. 

The sculpture was removed by the New York City Police Department and was installed at Bowling Green a week later. 

It had only a temporary permit to be located at Bowling Green… and Charging Bull became a tourist attraction.

What's a bull market? It's a period of generally rising prices. 

The start of a bull market is marked by widespread pessimism. This point is when the "crowd" is the most "bearish". 

The feeling of despondency changes to hope, "optimism", and eventually euphoria, as the bull runs its course. This often leads the economic cycle, for example to a full recession.

3 - The bull in Astronomie

I have a close friend from the Taurus. 

Taureans are intelligent, hardworking, dependable, dedicated, and stubborn.

This is an old astronomical chart illustration of the Taurus. 

Astronomical chart illustration of the Taurus. Sidney Hall's 1831.

What is a bull?… It's an intact adult male of the species Bos taurus. 

They're more aggressive than the females of the same species, the cows. 

Bulls have long been an important symbol in many cultures. 

4 - The Bullfighting in Spain

Years ago I travel to Madrid for the Arco Art Fair… there, I visit various museums. And…in the last minute, I decided not to go to the bullfighting.

A bullfight in Barcelona.

Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter and animals attempting to immobilize, or kill a bull, according to a set of rules, or cultural expectations.

5 - The ancient painting of caves bulls

An aurochs bull in a cave painting in Lascaux, France. It's one of the first drawings of a bull.

An aurochs bull in a cave painting in Lascaux, France. In many of the herds of bulls found in our parks, the bull is an alone and solitary animal.

The most common ones are the white, black, and golden bull.

They are large and powerful bulls that usually weigh over 100 lb.

How the bulls can find you the love of your life?

You can dream… Hope you find it soon.

Thank you, friends

Cheers!

_ Regia Marinho. 08/10/2021