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Virgen Art IV

I really, really was not pleased by this Virgen Angelina thing:

Artist/Title unknown.

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But this carving in an Albuquerque cottonwood tree is awesome:

© ybonesy at RedRavine:

The story goes that in 1970 a parishioner of the 300-year-old San Felipe de Neri, Albuquerque’s oldest Catholic parish, carved the image of the Virgen de Guadalupe into the open wound of an ancient dying cottonwood. The Virgen saved the tree’s life.

Isn’t that one of the coolest things ever?!  Read the full post here.

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Fatima, the Virgen of Abu Ghraib by Kim Alphandary

Fatima

Says the artist:

This painting is dedicated to Fatima, an Iraqi woman who was held in Abu Ghraib Prison.

Fatima was arrested sometime in 2004 and managed to smuggle a letter out to her family. Here is an excerpt from her heart-wrenching letter:

“… I am your sister in God (Fatima). They raped me on one day more than nine times. Can you comprehend? Imagine one of your sisters being raped. Why can’t you all imagine it, as I am your sister. With me are 13 girls, all unmarried. All have been raped before the eyes and ears of everyone… Brothers, I tell you again, fear God! Kill us with them so that we might be at peace. Help! Help! Help!”

Fatima’s elder brother organized a hundred men and launched an attack on the prison; Fatima was struck fatally in the head during the bombardment and died on December 21, 2004.

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