[Stones] So, is this what some think of our heritage?

[Thelma Wilcox]

Hi,  Yes I admit to having a mixed response to Banksy's work, he's good at graffiti art, less so on his Stonehenge interpretation ;).So what constitutes 'sacred space' in a modern world then?  The venue, Glastonbury festival is for music, it has to have a large fence round it and plenty of security guards to keep out those who cannot afford it, or who have'nt got tickets - its a middle class venue nowadays though its earnings do go to charity...  
  In its 'sacred space' it has a modern stone circle and the mock-up, I expect only a few will see the irony of the gods playing tricks with them, to me it just seems quick gratification  of instant symbolism to be forgotten a second later - just like the internet. And Banksy's work is a rotten copy of the original (which is beautiful) ; Hirst copied someone elses work as well.
  And, I expect, if there were a few gods lolling around on the clouds up there, they would chain him to the nearest rock for eternity ;)
  Thelma
  

Wolf Thandoy <thandoy at mac.com> wrote:
  Hi Thelma,

Imitation being the sincerest form, I would scarcely term this a mockery - whimsical, perhaps, and entirely apropo to the environment (though I warrant they'll have to keep them locked up - unless festival goers are meant to be able to use them, which would be even better!) - however if that is the artist's intention, so be it... if one cannot mock sacred space (as the tricksters - even among the 'gods' - have always done), then what have we?

"I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred."
- author Tom Robbins - 'Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'

Wolf (cousin of Coyote, a holy prankster)
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