Dubbed the "Scar of Bethlehem", the baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph are backlit through damaged concrete, chiseled pockmarks exploding out from a gaping hole in four directions to approximate the Christmas Star.
The work was installed in December 2019 at Banksy's Walled-Off Hotel, where all rooms overlook a concrete section of the barrier built by Israel to cut off the occupied West Bank from Israeli territory.
My mother and I made it in the early Seventies, from instructions in a magazine, we think "Woman And Home", and we found ourselves wondering how many others are still in existence, fifty years on?
Greetings! Today my cousin who lives for finding out about the weirdest of the weird found in human culture, shared with me the Spanish Catalan tradition of the Caganer. And now you all know about it too! You're welcome and Happy #Holidays https://www.vox.com/2014/12/24/7417441/caganer-explained-nativity
This is our Nativity scene at home 😃 If you look closely you will see Joseph, Mary and the little baby Jesus are lovely bears 🧸 Merry Christmas everyone 🤗 🥰😘 x x x x #Nativity#NativityScene
"#Boston police officers responded to a report of the #graffiti at around 8 a.m. Thursday, finding the base of the #nativity scene vandalized with white painting that read “#Jesus was #Palestinian,” a department spokesperson said."
Many creative projects demand that we give them time and attention. And why not? When we're doing something that interests us, why rush through it? The very act of creating provides as much satisfaction as the finished product.