Thursday, January 6, 2011
Cassie The Caulker: An Eco-Syndicalist Icon
From nefac.net.  "For those curious about the imagery, this poster is inspired by Norman  Rockwell's "Rosie the Riveter", except it's "Cassie the Caulker" as an  eco-syndicalist anarchist.  Rockwell's original was itself inspired by  the painting of the prophet Isaiah from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel.  Rockwell originally cribbed from and Isaiah's prophecy of looking away  from The Deluge to Mary and the birth of Jesus.  With Cassie, that's a  shortened version of Cassandra.  Cassandra was the Prophetess of Troy's  downfall; and the environmental movement is often regarded as having a  "Cassandra Complex" of accurately prophesizing doom which all others  ignore.  Our Cassie, however, instead of just preaching is taking action  into her own hands.  She's "armed" with the caulk gun! Thus theory is  transformed into action and self-activity.  A bit of DO-IT-YOURSELF as  part of WE CAN DO IT!"
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