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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nGravel sent us the picture above from his friend in London of this “modern art” display in the UK and I guess it’s had a bigger impact than even the artist, Tom Piper, imagined, if we are to believe Stephen Pollard who writes in the UK’s Express<\/a>;<\/p>\n In my near 50 years on the planet I can\u2019t think of anything that has come close to the impact of the sea of poppies at the Tower of london.<\/p>\n Earlier this week I saw for myself the astonishing spectacle of another sea \u2013 the sea of men, women, boys and girls who have queued up in vast numbers to see the poppies with their own eyes.<\/p>\n But even the majority of us who have seen the poppies only on TV and in the newspapers are awed by the majesty and the beauty.<\/p>\n Tom Piper, the theatrical set designer behind the genius idea \u2013 it\u2019s an over- used word but surely merited \u2013 has managed something astonishing. He has created an artwork that is both breathtakingly beautiful and redolent with meaning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There are more pictures at the Tower of London’s website<\/a>. The Telegraph<\/a> says that workers are already dismantling the display. Of course, you probably know that the display was meant to mark the centenary of World War I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"