Does that make Crazy Horse a Brony? Cheers,
frank On October 25, 2015 8:55:22 PM EDT, 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 >> >> -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
