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[–]al-Amira 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Animals tend to be the unsung, and more often than not, the involuntary and forgotten heroes/victims of mankind. There's a monument of Laika that just breaks my heart, that one I have visited in person though - and thank you, I hope I will too someday - but it's currently a bit difficult to justify that travel distance for just one monument. Had it been closer to St Petersburg or Moscow (the only two Russian cities I've been to) I would most likely already have visited it.

[–]Innisfree[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Agree about animals. We owe them so much!

It's great you visited Russia. Siberia is too far anyway, so perhaps only if luck brings you there.

Thanks for the Laika monument mention. I'll check it out

[–]al-Amira 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Russia has a lot of things to see if you ask me. It's not as though the Laika statue is horrible by any means, but it's more what it represents and I suppose that neither that nor the one I first mentioned can be considered works of art, at least I don't think that's what the creators intended it to be. That said I've always found street art such as graffiti or murals (particularly political ones) to be interesting.

[–]Innisfree[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah Russia is a mind-bogglingly huge country. There's a Russian poem that translates roughly as: You can't encompass Russia in a mind, /Can't take it's measure with a common yardstick. It fits your description.

I am a great believer that art should be democratic - that is available and accessible to all people. And for that street artists and especially folk and self-taught artists have a special place in my heart. And if it inspires people to think and improve their lives - even better.