Horses have been studying humans from across the safety of a
river, or from the overlook of a high ridge, or from across an
expanse of grassland, for thousands of years. The oldest
archealogical evidence links horses and humans as far back as
400,000 to 600,000 years ago, not as companions, but as prey and
predator. When horse and human first touched because of a far
more benevolent mutual curiosity, we may never know. But horses
have been a part of the human heart, and of our history, for
time immemorial. We incorporate their beings into every aspect
of our lives. We celebrate their presence in our art, our
stories, our lives. You can view Chinese painter Xu Beihongat's
beautiful images through January at the Denver Art Museum. In
Washington, DC at the National Museum of the American Indian,
the exhibit A Song of the Horse Nation, created by museum
scholar Emil Her Many Horses, celebrates native arts and the
horse, the impact of the horse, and the decline and revival of
the horse. Yes, horses are everywhere.