The 33 little Greek heads sold for $11,000. With the auction house commission on the sale (19%) and sales tax, Lot #229A cost this lucky bidder about $14,080, and that would be about $427. for each tiny sculpture. That must have been exciting! The whole tray of them was smaller than my laptop keyboard. They were each about the size of your thumb down to the first joint, or smaller - well, maybe averaging in size between your thumbs or mine.
I could sure think of other things I'd rather have than little heads like that. I thought they were larger.
Why the pic of Gitmo? I think if you are going to take someone prisoner that he should get due process of law, and this would not include torture or being held without being charged and brought to trial. On the other hand, I do not believe that America understands the Arab mind or Islamic tendencies. They will pay dearly for this in the future--moreso than they have already.
I think the same way you do about the prisoners at Gitmo. I saw that picture of all the little portraits of the prisoners and it reminded me of the little Greek heads, and that it was an ironic comparison of how we value the skill of artists from ancient history to show distinct and individualized features, yet we lump distinct and individual human beings into a series of hated mug shots. The irony is that Ancient Greece is one manifestation of democracy, while Gitmo/USA (with the largest per capita incarceration rate in the world) is supposedly another. Bookends of the same idea of freedom?
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Date: 2013-02-17 02:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-17 04:19 am (UTC)Why the pic of Gitmo? I think if you are going to take someone prisoner that he should get due process of law, and this would not include torture or being held without being charged and brought to trial. On the other hand, I do not believe that America understands the Arab mind or Islamic tendencies. They will pay dearly for this in the future--moreso than they have already.
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Date: 2013-02-17 03:25 pm (UTC)I saw that picture of all the little portraits of the prisoners and it reminded me of the little Greek heads, and that it was an ironic comparison of how we value the skill of artists from ancient history to show distinct and individualized features, yet we lump distinct and individual human beings into a series of hated mug shots. The irony is that Ancient Greece is one manifestation of democracy, while Gitmo/USA (with the largest per capita incarceration rate in the world) is supposedly another. Bookends of the same idea of freedom?