The Fallen Christ

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Oh my, packs a punch (but can see what you mean about PMc!)

This reminds me of ‘The Scream’ and look how illustrious Munich’s life ended up. A very thought provoking, disturbing, nightmarish, image which holds many interpretations Michael.

Thanks Heather and Carole. Your responses please me very much.

Frightening features but fascinating imagination put to work so well.

I didn't want to comment before I read your note below Michael - thought I might offend you because you were very religious....I can say it now, yes, thought it was P. McC.

Thanks Marjorie. Dreams can be deceiving. I thought it was a bit strange actually, Jesus appearing to me.

Perhaps HE has you marked as a disciple Michael and your dream was a message? A message that P. McC needs to have a chat to his surgeon. Your portrait is weirdly wonderful and a tad nightmarish.

Thanks Fiona. Hope you’re all well. You may be right. Your last sentence could reflect me to a tee.

No such thing as a fallen Christ.

Oh yes there is Stephen. He fell three times with the cross; if you happen to believe it.

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16/08/2021
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An image of the fallen Christ that came to me in a dream last night. ‘Atone for your sins and cease the sins of the flesh and giving yourself up to pleasure’, it said. ‘Perhaps next week’, I replied, awoke and immediately went into a state of automatic surrealism and sketched this pastel. On reflection I later thought it could have been Paul McCartney.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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