Postmodernism mate.
The response of the viewer is just as valid as the intent of the creator! :-)
BS of course.
Andrew Fildes
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On 13/05/2013, at 2:14 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> While Jesus and the USA are tightly linked in many places in this
> country I think you guys are reading too much into this little sign. In
> how many other ways could this little (short and very wide) sign be
> displayed? Yes, it's a cross-bar on an upright but the bar is not
> centered on the upright. If you ask me the old post and support
> probably used to support a mailbox. The guy made use of what he had.
> Similarity to a cross is a bit strained I think.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 5/12/2013 6:34 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> Chris
>>
>> I'll have a look through your collection, something I admit that I have done
>> for a few years.
>>
>> I had forgotten that link between Jesus and the USA (is that an "inalienable
>> right", I wonder).
>>
>> But I suppose that I meant that the patriotic message was somehow
>> compromised by its position on the cross, an instrument of death, of
>> ignomony. That positioning compromises the message of the country's
>> greatness. But it also adds to the artistry and perhaps to the humorous
>> irony of the image's message.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 12 May 2013, at 11:06, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You'll find in my photos of Indiana that patriotism and Christianity are
>>> often indistinguishable here. People here truly think Jesus Christ loves
>>> only Americans, NO ONE else.
>>
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