Edited by author 07-23-2003 01:52 PM
Michael Rauner is a professional photographer and amateur bullfighter in California. He has combined these two passions into one spectacular documentary project. As a Texas-born, Salinas-raised girl, I have a particular fondness for sports involving large angry cattle, in spite of assurances from my vegetarian friends that I am an evil cow-hater for doing so. What these critics fail to understand is the deep psycho-sexual-religious symbolism of the act. Rituals such as this one enable we humans to access our deepest psychological and existential puzzles. Is that so wrong?

I don't actually see a link to any bullfight pictures.

Don't recall much subtextual symbolism in Death in the Afternoon, but it sure explains the subtleties and athleticism required to compete. btw, I like that first photo of you saying goodbye to Marc Laidlaw.

I'm bummed. I thought Michael had bullfighting pictures on his site, but he doesn't yet.

Or maybe we do understand all that, and still think that it's wrong. Lots of ways to deal with existential dilemmas without engaging in faux-hemingwayism.

> What these critics fail to understand is the deep psycho-sexual-religious symbolism of the act

good excuse. I'll use that when I cook and eat my mother's face - "forget the act, officer, i was exploring deep psychosexualreligious issues!"