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| Rent -A-Dude - Statue 138 |
A striking image of a man bursting forth from solid rock
Is another half-finished job from Michelangelo?
No it's Rent-A-Dude, preserving the best of mankind.
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| Rent -A-Dude - Statue 140 |
On one level its a symbolic representation of human flesh
restrained by the immovable, unchanging elements of nature and life.
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| Rent-A- Dude - Statue 143 |
But once this was a real man
he had a bad dream of being incarcerated in cement,
then woke up and found it was real.
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| Rent-A-Dude - Statue 145 |
Now his life is suspended, immortalised.
The physical beauty of his body is preserved for all time.
But no-one can fully enjoy it, they can only look.
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| Rent-A-Dude - Statue 172 |
This man sees his own fate approaching in an aerosol spray can.
(There's a whole other story to be told of
how he got himself into this predicament in the first place!).
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| Rent-A-Dude - Statue 174 |
We can only imagine him bartering for a reprieve
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| Rent-A-Dude - Statue 176 |
Soon, with rapid setting concrete, it's all over.
(Amazing what you can get out of one small can!)
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| Rent-A-Dude - Statue 63 |
This variation seems to be an elaborate,
artistic alternative to good old concrete boots
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| Rent-A-Dude - Statue 64 |
The height of the cold, wet concrete is carefully calibrated.
At just below ball height, it's a titillation for us.
Possibly for him as well when the pouring began.
He realised, too late, that it would set like stone, quickly!.
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| Rent-A-Dude - Toy 06 |
Now you know what has happened here!
An exciting, useful future awaits these unfortunates.
Let's hope they are not dizzied by the spinning technique
that is often used by over-excited players!
More bizarre incarcerations in Part 2 (link pending)