The works above and below are from contemporary Australian artist, Archer Davies (b. 1989), part of his Running Man series. The chief question to ask, of course, is why do they run? Find more of his work here. The Long Run Men recently, men of current dimensions, men in their late, mid, early ages, men still somehow accoutred aptly for living, men in jeans, khaki, Armani suits, tees, wool, polyester, silk; shoes, steel-toed, canvas, wing-tipped, suede, whatever, whatever might still fit the once fit . . . have been seen running, daily running along sunken curbs, along dust-soaked shoulders, cracked sidewalks, alongside, against the current, vehicles speeding, purpose-driven, important . . . running long as if for distance, not miles, not feet, distance, no clear point, of origin or arrival, or hope ever of rest . . . thus, aching, whenever I see them, my already aching heart: I saw two today— how they must have run, run long, run alone, and how much longer . . .
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Very interesting. I was a running man from youth till recently, at least 40 years. I loved it, needed it for stress and a constant thread of anger running through my life. I got better.
"The chief question to ask, of course, is why do they run?"
The question turns to "Why paint a picture and write a poem about the running men?"