the hat thrower

Jeremy Green “Hattobolus (the Hat Thrower)”

Spending an entire day in a Chattanooga hotel room a while ago doing production work by phone, email, and text left me mentally vacant. I went for a late night walk downtown and came upon a police memorial. Inset on the front face and two sides of this structure there were replicas of ancient Greek or Roman statuary, but around on the back side the place for a statue was vacant. This looked like the obvious setting for a picture. My exhausted mind needed some playfulness, but no one was around anywhere. What to do? Using my Apple watch as a remote controller for my iPhone camera I stood in and played for a while, attempting a very rough parody of the discus thrower sculpture, Discobolus.