Because the horses kicked me in the crotch when I tried to mount ‘em, that’s why.
Or so some have suggested. This artwork appears to have been altered; X-ray analysis reveals a layer containing a large puff of smoke with words, presumably an answer to the question posed above.
We don’t know why the words were removed, but they add a certain malevolent quality to the image. The question just hangs there, and Mr. Heston’s stony silence and chiseled grin suggests we are in the presence of an unknowable mystery.
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