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BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo .

From the Robert Crumb movie:

The boots of Stalin. He was sawn off in 1956, and never put up again. The utterly unrealistic stylized worker strides forward. This statue is huge . I think he's carrying/waving a Flak Jacket. "The hands of communism grab the world". I can't be the first to point out that it looks more like Mars. All these monuments are in a seperate "statue park" where all communist-era monuments were gathered together and are displayed.

Hussar statue in the Buda Castle Area. Statue of General Artúr Görgey in the Buda Castle Area. Hadik András, Count Andrassy; great statesman and important figure in the rise of the Hungarian nation. Andrassy give his name to the main boulevard through Pest. This statue is on the Buda side. All these four are. Saint King Istvan; lawmaker and founding father of the Hungarian nation. This well-known statue is also in the Buda Castle area, in a square just behind the "Fisherman's Bastion" which is known for it's great view.

"If it's you against the world, back the world!" - Franz Kafka . Enter Tex. A young man in an old town. The old town looks fresh, the young man haggered. The old town is waking up, the young man is fighting to stay awake. It's a bright blue morning. A rain. A light drizzle? No, more of a rain. This town is cursed by God, thinks Tex. A saint was once killed by the inhabitants of this town. A warrior saint, a burning, pillaging saint. They did him in, and cursed the town with eternal rain. The building of a great gothic cathedral over the saint's remains hadn't canceled the curse, but at least it provided a minimum of shelter. Tex stood in a great gothic archway, peering cautiously sideways at a great, ugly, baboon-faced sheela-na-gig gargoyle halfway up the cathedral wall and wished the rain would stop. A mad lumberjack sawed wood behind his eyes. His body hurt. He bit his teeth together, wondering if he had purple circles beneath his eyes. That would be good, ...

I took a picture of the Tower of Pisa! Hmm...

All summer this: Every evening that:

The famous large icon of the Archangel Michael, which appeared miraculously at the site of the monastery. St. Michael is the patron saint of the island of Symi, and of sailors. There are many offerings hanging from the walls, or placed at the foot of the icon. At a nearby table sits a monk, who hands out vials of oil and icon cards. Approaching from the Sea. This monastery, which may date from the 5th century, has it's own ferry connection. The tower. In it's present form, the monastery dates from the 18th century. According to inscriptions, the last additions were added in 1783. Part of the tower photographed from inside the monastery grounds. Mosaic and icons of the Archangel. The cross. Tower balcony.