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Symbolism Is a Powerful Subject for Iconoclasm
Sunflowers are powerful subjects for iconoclasm i think and their choice of vanguard's sunflowers it was their choice for their reasons. They've been very articulate in expressing their thoughts behind their active civil disobedience one can also see this iconic image of sunflowers as something that represents planet nature the very thing that is being destroyed through climate change so as a symbol it is very meaningful definitely but one of the things that's really striking in this instance is that yes sunflowers are not a body so some of the sort of reports and reactions are not as explicit as those two mary richton's act which were basically imagining velasquez's venous as a real
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