Thanks, Steve. I did wonder if anyone looked at the photos.
On 10/25/15 5:35 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:34:27 -0600
From: steve harley<[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Geso Crazy Horse in the Black Hills
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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
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