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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 11:32 am
I don't attribute anything beyond aesthetics to art. How people interact with that art is entirely unrelated, in my view.
Here's a statue, called The Twins (translated) (that might be considered
NSFW) from Google street map:
https://www.google.com/maps/@62.0102415,...6656?hl=en
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 11:32 am
The Wounded Lion Of Lucerne (pictures don’t do it justice):
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 12:05 pm
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Lord Shiva Statue In Murdeshwara
![[Image: Lord_Shiva_Statue_In_Murdeshwara.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Lord_Shiva_Statue_In_Murdeshwara.jpg)
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 12:55 pm
While in Japan, in the week and a half I was there. I saw a couple of massive, and I MEAN massive statues to Buddha that could make the Empire State building blush.
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 1:56 pm
(June 20, 2021 at 12:55 pm)Brian37 Wrote: While in Japan, in the week and a half I was there. I saw a couple of massive, and I MEAN massive statues to Buddha that could make the Empire State building blush.
No, you didn’t. The Empire State Building is a little over 1400 feet high (including the dirigible mooring mast). The largest statue of Buddha in Japan is less than 400.
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 2:21 pm
On the way to town, I drive past a crappy old house. It's not the only one. Five years ago, it was crappy but well-kept. Now it's trashy. Not yet to the level of hilljack squalor holler, but on it's way. Just needs another junk truck and water heater.
On the porch rail sits a toddler-sized statue. It's a sambo with a cane pole. Hung from the pole is a confederate flag. I'll spare you the picture.
![[Image: Children-play-on-alice-in-wonderland-scu...york-3.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Children-play-on-alice-in-wonderland-sculpture-central-park-new-york-3.jpg)
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