Harpoon
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As an individual I am disgusted at the slaughter of such gentle and endangered creatures as whales for no good or necessary reason. As a scientist, I am offended in the extreme that such despicable practices are being undertaken, albeit falsely, in the name of science. The Japanese government continues to whale illegally in Australian waters and, as they surely don’t think we buy the research excuse, must only continue to do so with absolute indifference and disregard for the opinion of many Australians and global citizens. What is equally disgraceful is that the Australian government stands back “cuckold-like” and let’s them do it. Their complicity in this disgrace makes them almost as guilty… There is no mark-up on this image…I refuse to make any money out of whaling.
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An artwork depicting the despair of a whale while attempting in vain to escape the pain and agony inflected upon it by modern military sonar (LFAS). / / I hope to make aware with this artwork, an issue that is usually overlooked or ignored when considering and discussing the efforts to protect the oldest and largest inhabitants of the Earth. Much too often, the attention is focused only on the ongoing brutality of Japanese whaling vessels, this due to the graphic nature of the images of senseless whale slaughter. / / Ponder this for a moment if you will… what fate is worse than death for a whale? / I feel the answer to this, is when a whale is suffering in such utter and complete agony that it chooses to fling itself from it’s ocean home and onto a beach to die slowly from dehydration… choosing to die in this manner, rather than endure another moment of torture from the man-made source of it’s agony. / / How incredible the whale’s pain must be… for a whale to choose suicide as a better option. / / Please, take a moment to read the accompanying article by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) that I have linked below to accompany this artwork. It will help to educate and enlighten you about this important issue regarding protecting the whales and other marine mammals from military LFAS type sonar. I think you will be quite suprised just how dangerous and harmful LFAS type sonar actually is! / / NRDC – Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar / http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/sonar.asp / / Once you have read this article, then please take a moment to voice your opposition to using LFAS type sonar directly to the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Donald Winter, using this easy and convenient online form provided by the NRDC. Stand up and let your voice be heard! / / Tell the Navy to stop harming whales with high-intensity sonar / http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_092506_a / / Now a few words about the details of the artwork and it’s creation. Photoshop 6 and Paint Shop Pro 8 were used to create this artwork. The artwork is basically a photomanipulation and composite of two public-domain images, ironically provided by two of the governmental agencies that are contributing / to the issue depicted in the artwork. / / The submarine image source is a public-domain image courtesy of the US Department of Defense – DefenseLINK Multimedia Gallery. The whale image source is a public-domain image courtesy of NOAA Photo Library. I have provided links below for both source images. / / Submarine Source Image / http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/Still/2007/Navy/DN-SD-07-28560.JPEG / / Whale Source Image / http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/bigs/sanc0601.jpg / / I hope that both the artwork and accompanying article will educate and enlighten you, and help you gain a new found perspective, on just one of the many issues that are currently threatening the existence of our whale friends.
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100cmx80cm Acrylic on Canvas
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harpoon fishing
by jbouzouharpoon fishing / fewer fishes / than garbage
haïku
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this is a mid-evil harpoon on the front of the torture chamber
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The wonders of modern science revealed! Created in 3D Studio Max
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Don’t even think about leaning over. Don’t yank my chain. Don’t fiddle. Don’t even breathe. Good thing you’re standing where you are.
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Those whales have had it all their own way for too long! Make a stand now with our revolutionary new product! And the background is there to partially solve the big white box problem, and because it looks nice.
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Harpoon tip still stuck in the bone of a whale / Kaktovik, Alaska
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just something i drew that transfered to the computer, random, pcs2/ics2. about 15 hours of work
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