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TorchTheWitch

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8. you and me both

Reply to Firebrand Gary (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 08:58 AM

Mar 2014

Not only is it ugly as sin it explains nothing and is a horrid scar on nature. I truly believe that the people killed there would never want such a gross remembrance of them. I fail to see how such an ugly desecration of nature is honorable to anyone.

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The design for a memorial to the victims of the Ut�ya massecre in Norway is stunning: [View all] Are_grits_groceries Mar 2014 OP

K&R Fumesucker Mar 2014 #1

Different, certainly. Wonder if it will be hard to maintain? MADem Mar 2014 #2

All good points. I hope they've considered them. nt Doremus Mar 2014 #28

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most poignant. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #3

''Time heals all wounds.'' DeSwiss Mar 2014 #4

the most untrue and ugliest of quotes I can think of TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #10

It's been true for me Fumesucker Mar 2014 #16

Your subject line is nonsensical. DeSwiss Mar 2014 #20

No. I'm finding it true in my case. Though lingering pain and scar Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #25

Personally, I really hate it... Firebrand Gary Mar 2014 #5

you and me both TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #8

You do understand that a large sculpture is made from materials cut from the earth Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #13

Nicely said, +1 Fumesucker Mar 2014 #17

The trees etc that will be removed from that site will be moved to Copenhagen to create riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #26

OMG Really? I thought all the memorials you mentioned were made of painted styrofoam. Firebrand Gary Mar 2014 #31

Wound the landscape, like Breivik wounded the hearts of the victims family? Martin Eden Mar 2014 #6

I agree with you. CJCRANE Mar 2014 #24

Yeah, this sucks. Aldo Leopold Mar 2014 #7

I actually love it. Very striking, IMO. NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #9

Anything that helps people heal works for me. merrily Mar 2014 #11

Love it. Brickbat Mar 2014 #12

I like it very much, it speaks of the presence of absence Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #14

I think it's outstanding. (nt) Paladin Mar 2014 #15

I like it. Negative space and a powerful comment on the MineralMan Mar 2014 #18

I think it's brilliantly designed. Chan790 Mar 2014 #19

I think it is both beautiful and brilliant. Perhaps the most moving memorial I have seen. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #21

Beautiful. Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2014 #22

Very good concept. Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #23

If the Norwegians want this as their memorial, then its their memorial riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #27

Criticisms seem very similar to those of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in D.C. before it was built. hunter Mar 2014 #29

I like it deutsey Mar 2014 #30