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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: twyacht on August 07, 2009, 07:26:36 PM
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Sometimes a "reminder" of an America, we may lose, comes to mind. Norman Rockwell was an artist that captured true American Ideals, and I just thought I would post a few.
This one is called FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/rockwell_freedom-of-speech.jpg)
This one is RIGHT TO KNOW!!
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/artwork_images_153_127100_norman-ro.jpg)
This one is of Marshal'ette back in her younger days... ::)
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/Norman_Rockwell-School_Fight.jpg)
Homecoming Marine:
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/Homecoming_Marine_thumb2.jpg)
We are AMERICANS.
"Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them."
Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833 Supreme Court Justice from 1811 to 1845. Member of the Sons of Liberty.
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Very nice TW. Rockwell may have not gotten his props as an artist. In fact, he was more of an editorial cartoonist with oils. But what his critics didn't get was that this was the point. Like every great cartoonist, he could capture an ideal, a moment, a value with no words, just a picture. I am the last person to be nostalgic for the fifties, as being a Southerner, I understand how happy those days were not for too manyfolks. That being said, it does seem that we have thrown the baby out with the bath water. Hell, half those paintings could have been used as BO campaign posters and that's a good thing. We need to stop being so cynical and embarrassed about our values and start to realize that, properly understood, they are inclusive of everyone and we denigrate them at our peril. Rant over. Nice post.
FQ13
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Thank you TW. The Rockwell moment brought one of the few smiles to my face lately.
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Thanks TW,
Rockwell was the very best at portraits of American life and values.
I trully appreciate the smile that you provided.
A few more:
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I posted the first two to my Facebook. Sort of a low key way of saying, "Hey! I'm part of the angry mob."
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Now THIS is a COP.
http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8233.0;attach=4392;image