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12-MAY-2012

Guardian Angel, Columbus Cemetery, Havana, Cuba, 2012

The discolored face of this marble sculpture makes it seem as if the angel is weeping black tears of mourning. The body language is thoughtful and patient, appropriate for an eternal guardian. I included the oxidized mourning wreaths and torches on the doors to the mausoleum as well, giving the angel its context.

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Phil Douglis06-Jul-2012 04:17
And that is exactly how I felt about the cemetery, Jude. Many of these monuments were created to symbolize death as purification, yet the effects of Havana's heavy pollution often changed them to striking metaphors of decay.
Jude Marion17-Jun-2012 23:06
Beautiful capture of this sculpture, Phil. I had the distinct feeling, when I went thru the cemetery, that even the sculptures cried for the dead. Most of them have been there so long and exposed to the pollution over that time that they are covered in a sort of black veil of death from it. Most of the crypts and mausoleums have fallen into disrepair ... the whole cemetery speaks of death and decay.
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