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Delicate Balance claimed the top prize at last weekend’s festival.Revere Beach Partnership\/Facebook<\/p>\nA few days after the thousands of the festival\u2019s visitors have left, the sculptures remain for locals to enjoy on a leisurely stroll along the historic beach. <\/p>\n
Alexis Correa, from Revere, said her mom went to the festival but Correa opted to wait out the crowds.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey love it,\u201d Correa said of her family\u2019s annual visits to the festival. \u201cThey come every year but it\u2019s so crowded! Everybody comes down here.\u201d <\/p>\n
Paul Revere, the city\u2019s namesake, is carved into the centerpiece of the festival that celebrated the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. <\/p>\n
How long they stand on the beach is a bit up to Mother Nature. <\/p>\n
They remain up for as long as the wind and rain cooperate, said Adrienne Maguire, a board member of the Revere Beach Partnership, which runs the festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe keep them up as long as we can, as long as they look good and they\u2019re not a danger to anyone,\u201d Maguire said. \u201cIf people start climbing on them, or they\u2019ve been destroyed from the weather, then we knock them down.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sand, which is trucked in from a quarry in New Hampshire, is safe to be mixed into the beach when the sculptures break down, she said.<\/p>\n
Until then, there\u2019s still time to admire the sandy creations of summer. <\/p>\n
Kids stand on the curb, getting as close as they can while parents snap pictures. <\/p>\n
A couple takes their time walking under the melting sun, reading the title of each sculpture to decipher its meaning. <\/p>\n
A group of friends chat about their favorite piece and wonder how on earth the sculpture is still standing. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t understand how they did it. I\u2019ve made sand castles my whole life and they\u2019ve never gotten that high,\u201d Virginia Adams, from Somerville, said. <\/p>\n
Adams, who went to the beach <\/b>with Correa, points to the first-place-winning sculpture \u201cDelicate Balance,\u201d by Abe Waterman. <\/p>\n
Delicate Balance claimed the top prize at last weekend’s festival.Revere Beach Partnership\/Facebook<\/p>\n
The piece shows a man\u2019s head on one side, and on the other, a girl blowing a dandelion into the man\u2019s brain. <\/p>\n
Correa, who hadn\u2019t noticed this, runs over to take another look. <\/p>\n
Wanda Antonucci, from Malden, is trying to understand the meaning of \u201cI see you (can you see yourself?).\u201d<\/p>\n
The sculpture, which placed third in the competition, was created by Hanneke Supply. It features a girl gazing at a woman inside of an eye who is holding a baby.<\/p>\n
Wanda thinks the sculpture is about life and death. Her son, Kenny Antonucci, thinks it\u2019s a mother\u2019s memory about her infant child. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was touching, looking at that,\u201d Wanda said. <\/p>\n
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“I See You (can you see yourself?) draws many to ponder its meaning.Revere Beach Partnership<\/p>\n
Supply, who participated in previous competitions, often draws on her own emotions to create a sculpture. <\/p>\n
From her home in The Netherlands, Supply said this year\u2019s sculpture was about trying to be seen by your mother, but really having the strength to see yourself.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have the eye with the mother and child, which is the way to see yourself through the perspective of trying to find the love of your mother, but really [you\u2019re looking at] the love of yourself,\u201d Supply said in a phone interview. <\/p>\n
Ninety-two-year-old Wanda Antonucci, recalls the history of Revere Beach, with its amusement rides and dance halls. <\/p>\n
Now, she comes to the beach every year for its sand sculptures but Revere still feels familiar to her. <\/p>\n
She gestures to the sculpture titled \u201cDeep Sleep,\u201d and laughs saying it looks like her when she\u2019s trying to fall asleep. <\/p>\n
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Deep Sleep by artist Slavian Borecki of Poland.Revere Beach Partnership\/Facebook page<\/p>\n
Jayce Ortiz, from Salem, is fond of the way the sculptures \u201cInner Prison\u201d and \u201cI want to break free\u201d make her feel. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m on that journey myself,\u201d Ortiz said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty deep and it\u2019s pretty accurate to how it is today.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ortiz and her family typically attend the festival every year, but prior commitments made it so them miss this year\u2019s festivities. <\/p>\n
Still, they\u2019re happy they were able to catch the sculptures before they were gone. <\/p>\n
Randy Boyd, from Peabody, stopped by on his way home from his job in Boston, to see the sculptures. <\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I got back on the train I said, I got to go over there and take some pictures,\u201d Boyd said. <\/p>\n