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73 The Sculptor of TV Pointing฀at฀the฀pile of฀televisions฀rising up฀in฀his฀garage,฀he points฀at฀a฀console balancing฀on฀a฀tiny set฀and฀on฀it฀three with฀ten-inch฀screens and฀on฀those,฀two twenty-inchers,฀then on฀top฀of฀it,฀a฀twelveinch ฀one.฀On฀top฀of฀it all,฀a฀cabinet,฀and฀set inside,฀a฀tiny฀circus: four฀clowns,฀three elephants,฀a฀troupe of฀acrobats,฀and฀high above฀them฀all, a฀tightrope฀walker,฀crossing over,฀holding฀an฀umbrella. He฀plugs฀in฀the฀bottom set,฀extends฀his฀arm, smiles,฀and฀each฀screen comes฀to฀light฀with฀news and฀weather,฀baseball games,฀evangelists. When฀he฀changes a฀channel฀the฀tightrope walker฀flips,฀hanging from฀the฀wire฀by฀his฀knees. ...

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