*italicized Nature: must be whispered slowly in order to get its complete effect
Nature: Yes, Nature. I don’t mean the tree-hugging, hair-growing, and no-bathing rituals to “save some water” kind-of-Nature (if that’s your thing, by all means). I’m talking about Nature in art: Things that have been created without the initial purpose or thought of creating art. To simplify things, it’s just art that naturally happens.
Art and Nature: Nature has created a lot of art, specifically religious art. In fact, you have a good chance of finding an image of Jesus in your lunch or the Virgin Mary on a building somewhere.
For Example:
Virgin Mary on a 10-yr. old grilled cheese sandwich
(the sandwich sold on eBay for $28,000)
Jesus on a frying pan
(sold on eBay to an online gambling company)
Virgin Mary water stain
underneath the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago
Jesus as a Cheeto
(a.k.a. "Cheesus")
Virgin Mary in fire-damaged home in Mexico
Jesus on a tree
in front of a health club in Illinois
Lady of Guadalupe on a tree
Lady of Guadalupe on a tree
in Rogers Park in Chicago
How Does This Relate to Michael Jackson?: I saw on the news two days ago that you can now find an image of Michael Jackson’s face on a tree stump in Stockton, CA. A tree stump?! Yes way!!! Nobody, other that Mary or Jesus, can get their face on a tree stump. Personally, I think that’s the greatest honor.
Modified:
OK, it’s kinda hard to make out his face on the stump -it looks more like Mickey Mouse being flushed down the toilet to me. I guess it was difficult for the Nature Gods to make a perfect impression with all of the face transformations the King of Pop has gone through in his life. Nevertheless, Michael Jackson made a lasting impression on many of us and his music will be listened to for many generations to come.
