This sculpture reflects the strange tenderness of urban companionship. A dog wearing a party hat balances atop a fragile tower of orbs, like planets of emotion, joy, anxiety, affection, distance, rotating in the emotional gravity of city life. Some dogs wear shoes. Some people throw them birthday parties. Maybe it is ridiculous. Or maybe it is survival.
Many adopted dogs during the pandemic, reaching for warmth when the city went cold. In their loyalty, many found the emotional commitment they could not make with someone new, and without it, they felt deeply lonely. This work is not just about dogs. It is about us, how we try to feel saved, or at least feel meaningful, in a place that never sleeps.
