Only just looked at this picture. The horse looks like My Little Pony. Revolting.
B > On 25 Oct 2015, at 22:35, steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
