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Old 01-16-2012, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by hi_im_god View Post
i agree that a memorial to mlk is something that should "grace our landscape". i just don't see the severe figurative depiction rendered doing that.

the vietnam memorial manages to communicate despite having "three servicemen" glued on it's ass.

mlk is one big "three servicemen". the subject deserved better.
i remember tho when the vietnam memorial was first chosen. people were horrified. of course that whole perception has all changed. maybe once the mlk memorial is finished, and some time has passed, it will also become more accepted.
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