The height of self esteem is buying yourself
a 93 million dollar statue.
The value is not the piece of art but the buyers ego.
There is about 20 dollars of metal, a few hundred in casting fees
and transportation plus
the artists other amortized expenses, though the artist is dead.
Its value comes as a competitive number in an auction
which is just another pissing contest for the wealthy.
The piece itself is not so special, really.
Buy a country, buy a statue, be the biggest.
the ultimate in self esteem.
Why not rescue a country
suffering from devastation, hunger and strife.
Too realistic, too mundane or soft.
Buying something ephemeral has way more ego value
in its intangibility
though the piece itself looks like a starving human.
The depths of self esteem.