The Spirit of Detroit, photo by walker_bc
And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
Happy 2017 to everyone. While there’s certainly a lot of alarming winds swirling, I hope that some of Rilke’s things that have never been make us all better, stronger, and safer.
View Walker’s photo of the Spirit of Detroit background bigtacular and see more in his slideshow.
More about the Spirit of Detroit on Michigan in Pictures.
Michigan in Pictures 
Nice photo! What’s the meaning behind the statue?
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Well, for me it’s just my favorite statue in Michigan with a dash of hopes for the Lions! The sculptor Marshall Fredericks who lived in Michigan much of his life wrote: “I want more than anything in the world to do sculpture which will have real meaning for other people, many people, and might in some way encourage, inspire or give them happiness.”
So that too – Happy New Year Jon!
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Ahh nice! Thanks for the description. Happy New Year to you as well!
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Happy 2017 to you, as well. I love the Spirit of Detroit statue. I remember as a little girl when it was mounted in downtown Detroit. I was 5 years old then. I still love it. I look forward to your blog in the new year.
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Right back at you! It’s still downtown by the way. Right next to Hart Plaza and the Joe Louis Monument. It’s on the wall you can see of the building in the right of that photo.
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