Tuesday, 7 May 2019

Woman arrested in Poland over posters of Virgin Mary with rainbow halo

quote [ Police accuse 51-year-old Płock woman of ‘profanation’ of revered religious image ]

Talk about the Virgin Mary
[SFW] [religion & spirituality] [+5 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:02amGMT]

Comments

rezties said @ 7:10am GMT on 7th May
I've always thought of religion as a crutch, of sorts. To be a moral compass when humanity had the potential but not the prerogative to be better. Crude and clunky, it uses hyperbole and parables to teach people without them knowing it.

I'm all for statements and the martyring it brings, and sometimes you do need to steer into things rather than away from them, but at some point you're pissing in the wind, going back to the crutch to bedazzle it. Just move on and make your own art, if you have something profound to say, don't piggyback off established artistic awe.
--It's a bit hack, whether it's adding rainbows or drawing Jesus out of lacquered elephant dung. Then again, THAT piece sold for $90,000, so maybe there's no accounting for taste.

I just know it feels hackneyed, undermining meaning.
ComposerNate said @ 7:40am GMT on 7th May [Score:1 Insightful]
A 51 year old Polish woman may have a different perspective, and relationship with The Church
mechanical contrivance said @ 1:17pm GMT on 7th May [Score:1 Funsightful]
You're saying no one should build on top of existing art? There goes all art and music.
the circus said @ 6:36pm GMT on 7th May [Score:1 Underrated]
The profanation of the Virgin Mary is a worthy goal unto itself. If it's art at the same time, so be it. Art is whatever people think art is. Pretty much the same holds true for opinions of it.
C18H27NO3 said @ 4:04pm GMT on 7th May
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/may/05/saatchi-covers-up-artworks-after-complaints-by-muslim-visitors
mechanical contrivance said @ 7:19pm GMT on 7th May
Offending people's religious beliefs shouldn't be illegal.
robotroadkill said @ 3:54am GMT on 8th May
I had no idea Poland was so backwards. Sounds like a Christiam Saudi Arabia or something.

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