“IT’S KIND OF PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE I GREW UP WITH THE TRAIN WHISTLES. WHEN YOU'RE A KID YOU HEAR THEM GOING TO SLEEP. IT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH. EVEN IN WASCO, EVEN IN HERMOSA BEACH … ALMOST ALWAYS, THE TRAINS I DO ARE NOT THE STREAMLINED AMTRAK, THEY'RE STEAM ENGINES FROM THE 1900S … WHENEVER I SEE A TRAIN I WANT TO TAKE IT INTO MY HANDS. OF COURSE, WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU'RE DEAD. BUT IT PLAYS WITH THE ROMANTIC MYSTIFICATION OF THE TRAIN … I LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISTANCE FROM THE PRESENT, BECAUSE THE PAST TELLS THE PRESENT … I DON'T THINK THE ART BUYS INTO THE ROMANTICISM OF THAT. IF IT DOES IT'S WITH IRONY ATTACHED. THE TRAIN IS ONE OF THE TIPPY-TOE STEPS TOWARD GLOBALIZATION.”