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social decline.......NEW MODERN DIS-FUNCTIONAL SOCIETY: SOCIAL CLASSES AND WESTERN VALUES BEYOND THE OLD CLASS WARFARE OF WORKERS, BOURGEOIS MIDDLE CLASS AND RULERS (NOBILITY AND KINGS) WHO WERE IMBUED WITH THE FEAR OF GOD. NOW:
Robert Shetterly’s portraits of American truth-tellers, painted on wood panels, measure 36 inches tall by 30 inches wide. He uses brushes, palette knives and his fingers to complete each painting and a dental pick to etch the quote into the surface. Pause to look at the face, the eyes. Take a moment to read the quote. The portraits are the opposite of hot takes or quick opinions. They invite you to ponder a person, their words, the issues that inspire their life’s journey, work, activism, and imagination. And then they welcome you into that vital conversation — across time and space — about what it means to be an American citizen. THESE DO NOT SEEM TO INCLUDE ANY CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY, NOR POLITICIANS NOR PRESIDENTS....
READ MORE: https://americanswhotellthetruth.org/portrait-gallery/
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