If I Were Mc Escher Analysis

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Twentifirst century Man
My verson of Chuck Bairds' " If i were M.C Escher" is called twenty first century man because it displays the many new meaning of Man people have fought for over the last Century or so. The two hands say "Draw" in Sign like the original, to sybolize the deaf , blind and "Disable" comunities struggle to morph into Normal citizens as upose to the second class citizens they once were. The two Deaf hands like people theyarent any less helpful/useful with the characterization of deaf. Not even the difference in skin tone has an effect on the useful and affectiveness of these hands though years ago in 1954-1968 many blacks and whites fought hand in hand to include blacks as wqual even with the demolation of slavary, black

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