ind. The huge suspension bridge that is shown seems to disappear into the vastness of the blue sky, reminding me of the old saying The skys the limit, even though this no longer holds true (the pictures point exactly!). This directly leads to the conclusion that this piece is about the abilities of the human mind to overcome problems. The suspension bridge was a rather new invention at the time this piece was painted, leading me to believe that Peters probably looked on this architectural giant as we would look at a space shuttle today (i.e. a modern marvel) . Unlike the previous piece, no physical work is being shown here, leading me to believe that brains, not brawn, is what this piece most emphasizes. It represents the place that the rational human mind has in the Universe. Indeed, this bridge stretches off into the infinite through the open expanse of the sky, pointing ahead to the fact that there is no limit to human thought and accomplishment.These two pictures have a very lofty idea of what human accomplishment is about. Even though the human race has known many failures, these pieces tell us to continue on, to keep solving unsolvable problems. The encourage us to reach for the infinite....
