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Old 09-22-2002, 01:50 AM   #5
Jean Kelly Jean Kelly is offline
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Tumbling woman

The first time I saw this statue I was paralyzed with emotion. I never wanted to look at it again. The second time, I felt tremendous sorrow as as I stared at it, all the fear and all the vulnerability of this woman. The third time I looked at it I was angry, not at the artist who "made" me feel all these emotions, but at the terrorists who were responsible for the subject. I believe that art is meant to evoke emotions. Love-hate, serenity-discomfort, pain-pleasure,sorrow-elation. For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. For every beautiful piece that stops you cold and takes your breath away, there will be art that horrifies and disgusts us. Unfortunately, this may not have been the time or place for this unveiling. Reminds me of Picasso's Guernica.
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