Atlas Shrugged
Mar 31, 2021 17:18:35 #
One of my more ambitious projects. All photos are mine except the globe and clouds which I arted up.
Not done with it yet. Accepting any suggestions pictorial or political. I am an Ayn Rand fan.
I faced a lot of challenges. What and where should Atlas be standing. How should his arms and hands look like in this position. You don't normally see hands in this position. This is a garden statue that I manipulated. Clouds are from an airplane.
Not done with it yet. Accepting any suggestions pictorial or political. I am an Ayn Rand fan.
I faced a lot of challenges. What and where should Atlas be standing. How should his arms and hands look like in this position. You don't normally see hands in this position. This is a garden statue that I manipulated. Clouds are from an airplane.
Mar 31, 2021 17:57:20 #
Mar 31, 2021 18:03:08 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Probably been 50 years since I read that
It still seems to be relevant in terms of the main idea.
Mar 31, 2021 18:34:15 #
I mean, I can't deny the greatness of this topic, and one of my favorite books. I think Atlas should be portrayed with just a little less strength. He is battling between good and evil, right and wrong, reason as an absolute truth over faith as an alternative source of that truth.
Even though the first edition doesn't even have Atlas on the book art, later versions had him kneeling. So maybe somewhere in between?
Even though the first edition doesn't even have Atlas on the book art, later versions had him kneeling. So maybe somewhere in between?
Mar 31, 2021 19:07:27 #
johngault007 wrote:
I mean, I can't deny the greatness of this topic, and one of my favorite books. I think Atlas should be portrayed with just a little less strength. He is battling between good and evil, right and wrong, reason as an absolute truth over faith as an alternative source of that truth.
Even though the first edition doesn't even have Atlas on the book art, later versions had him kneeling. So maybe somewhere in between?
Even though the first edition doesn't even have Atlas on the book art, later versions had him kneeling. So maybe somewhere in between?
Thanks for your comments. Food for thought. Good stuff. Who would have thought this but John Gault?
Mar 31, 2021 20:12:59 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Thanks for your comments. Food for thought. Good stuff. Who would have thought this but John Gault?
Haha, yeah. Unfortunately I misspelled it back in the 90's on an email account and it just stuck that way from there on.
Apr 1, 2021 06:58:26 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Probably been 50 years since I read that
"Who is John Gault"
Apr 1, 2021 07:09:33 #
traderjohn wrote:
"Who is John Gault"
It is actually John Galt who is a character in Atlas Shrugged.
Apr 1, 2021 09:58:14 #
Ayn Rand said, "We have only reason to guide us in this life." She founded a school of thought known as "Objectivism."
Apr 1, 2021 10:18:33 #
Apr 1, 2021 12:28:09 #
Rab-Eye wrote:
Again, you blow me away.
Thanks. Showing Atlas from Greek mythology bearing the weight of the world in a physical sense was hard enough to do but adding the philosophical ramifications has escaped me as John Gault has pointed out.
Apr 1, 2021 12:56:57 #
A creative challenge for sure - and one with which you are making great strides. I particularly like the arc of the clouds accenting the curve of the globe - well done!
Apr 1, 2021 13:48:33 #
Very, very well done. I too am an Ayn Rand fan and I have all of her publications and the plot of the government in the movie "Atlas Shrugged" appears to be ever so sadly true today.
Apr 1, 2021 15:30:27 #
There is nothing wrong with the image as it stands. I would change the title to something like "Atlas, Rests The Weight of the World on His Shoulders"
Atlas Shrugged, and dropped the weight of the world off his shoulders. Which means he realized his responsibility was for himself and no one else. That is a very simplified version of the basis of Ayn Rand's philosophy.
Atlas Shrugged, and dropped the weight of the world off his shoulders. Which means he realized his responsibility was for himself and no one else. That is a very simplified version of the basis of Ayn Rand's philosophy.
Apr 3, 2021 07:29:40 #
amersfoort wrote:
It is actually John Galt who is a character in Atlas Shrugged.
I know. Hence the quotations marks. It s the first sentence in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
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