Buck the System: Unbridling the Self

Abstract

The disciplines of horsemanship and public administration are juxtaposed to illustrate how one can escape the potentially restrictive aspects of bureaucracy's "barnyard" through imagination and play. A brief journey is taken through the unpleasant side of horsemanship and public administration before turning to ways to escape or resist such unsightliness through the themes of freedom, imagination, play, respect, love, communication, and understanding.