Odysseus

The Greek hero Odysseus or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths, and his long journey home following the fall of Troy, is symbolic of an epic journey. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War, twenty years in total. Sometimes described as the "Peer of Zeus in Council," Odysseus, a mere mortal who had no supernatural power did, however, have one predominate heroic trait: his cunning intelligence which comes to light in stories about his use of disguise and deceptive speech.

For me, the tricycle has come to represent the human imagination or “cunning intelligence” and the small mythical spirit riding this marvel of magical transportation, is a modern yet timeless, young Odysseus who is transformed into the personification of the human spirit caught up on another epic journey.