Norman Rockwell's "Town Meeting" and Harry Taylor

alfredo

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Sat Apr-08-06 12:47 AM
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Norman Rockwell's "Town Meeting" and Harry Taylor

Edited on Sat Apr-08-06 12:51 AM by alfredo

When I saw Mr Taylor standing up and speaking truth to power, this image came to mind.

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Mabus

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Sat Apr-08-06 12:52 AM
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1. Good picture

This one has both men and women.

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alfredo

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Sat Apr-08-06 01:08 AM
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3. Here's the other, "Freedom of Speeh"

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Lorien

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Sat Apr-08-06 12:53 AM
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2. The funny thing is that Rockwell's beliefs would be considered

Edited on Sat Apr-08-06 12:58 AM by Lorien

"far left" today, yet Repugs cling to the notion of "Rockwell's America"as an ideal. Rockwell himself said that the America he (usually) painted never really existed. Odd about that.

Some images of his do get left out of the calandars and coffee table books:

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alfredo

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Sat Apr-08-06 01:08 AM
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4. that's an incredible image.

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Sat Apr-08-06 01:30 AM
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6. Early in his career he painted "idealistic" images of what America

could/should be. So in some sense they were illusory and, if taken as fact, misleading. Later on he also produced images showing the harder facts of life in America, and thus earned the emnity of those who wanted the illusion protected. In some way, he is much like Woodie Guthrie, whose anthem "This land is your land, this land is my land" both defines the best of what might be and draws attention to the fact that this is not (yet) the way things are.

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madrchsod

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Sat Apr-08-06 01:59 AM
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7. hey i have that picture and never knew who did it

bought it from a priest who was selling off hundred or so gifts to raise funds for the church...it`s right here on my speaker

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skooooo

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Sat Apr-08-06 01:12 AM
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5. Me too...

In fact I posted about it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=877426&mesg_id=877426

THere were some interesting comments you might want to read from others there.

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