Yeah, aesthetically it leaves a lot to be desired. Paul via phone
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 8:55 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > > Only just looked at this picture. The horse looks like My Little Pony. > Revolting. > > B > >>> On 25 Oct 2015, at 22:35, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 2015-10-24 10:03 , Donald Guthrie wrote: >>> On the subject of statues carved out of the hillside this one is among the >>> controversial set. Is it the hopeless dream that will be never completed, >>> another hideous artwork, or a great tribute to Native Americans who have >>> blessed the project. It is being done entirely with private funding & >>> contributions. But many complain that more money has been spent on the >>> observation point than on the carving. >>> >>> These photos were all taken in September 2015 from the observation building >>> which is a mile from the statue. >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/gp/valdon/340104 >> >> nice presentation, good to see some of the context (visitor center, scale >> model) >> >> i've been there, and i agree with some other replies the wholesale >> destruction of the mountain is astonishing to view, but i put it in >> perspective because this is actually a tiny impact compared to many other, >> less-often criticized, human projects; personally, i find Mt. Rushmore more >> controversial as it is on land that was taken by the U.S. in the breaking of >> a treaty, so the sculpture overtly symbolizes white man's conquests >> >> the backstory of the Crazy Horse monument is almost more interesting than >> the monument itself > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
