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Old 03-16-2009, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Picturepro,Mar 16 2009, 02:38 PM
I don't quite get it. looks like a crack in earth and with a tear drop
That's pretty much it.

From the web site linked in the first post:



[I]"To the Struggle Against World Terrorism

A History:

The artist, Zurab Tsereteli, was in his home in Moscow on the morning of September 11 th. The television was on as he was getting ready for work and Zurab, like the rest of the world, was glued to coverage of the attacks on the Twin Towers. He watched the towers collapse on TV and was moved to tears.

That day, he went to work at the Academy of Art driving on a route that takes him past the American Embassy. People were gathered outside the embassy gates to pay sympathies, to be together, and to mourn. He saw a mass of crying people and decided to use the image of a tear in a memorial.

He set to work that day on a proper and appropriate form through which to express his feelings over the attack. He went through many various sketches and
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Thank you SheDrivesIt. That is one of the best posts I've ever read.
Old 03-16-2009, 03:49 PM
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[QUOTE=SheDrivesIt,Mar 16 2009, 03:22 PM]Bringing Putin in to this is like having many in the world paint all of the United States with the GWB brush.
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