Who has “an almost Buddhist sense of nothingness”?
Working exclusively in bronze, Mr. Sachs has positioned two 10-foot-tall fountains — in the form of Hello Kitty and her equally cute friend Miffy — so that they face Park Avenue and are clearly visible from cabs whizzing by.
He has long been attracted to Hello Kitty, which he describes as a “merchandising icon” with “an almost Buddhist sense of nothingness.” With water spilling from their eyes, the fountain figures are weeping into pools of their own tears.
While we’re wasting time with the Times, here’s an interview with Pixar writer and director Andrew Stanton, in which he answers a perennial question:
People always ask whether we animate and then add the voices or record the voices and animate. It’s the latter.