The banana phone brings to my mind the infamous duct taped banana, titled Comedian, by artist Maurizio Cattelan. If we don’t recognize the humor behind that piece and laugh at ourselves, we just might cry.
Some things cannot be captured or kept forever … no matter how many dollars might be thrown at them.
The value is in recognizing the moments when they occur, be it the cheeky cleverness of an artist in a cultural moment or the fleetingness of childhood imagination and play.
