Well fuck. That was actually a very good read. I'll be honest, at first I thought this story was going to get very old very fast. Then it started to pick up and I read the whole thing strait through. It was nice to have a change in the author's style. Being written by a "bloke" without a PhD made the story more personable. What I really like about the whole plot was that it made me think. I was raised a Christian and I completely believe in a higher power as well as Jesus Christ being my lord and savior. With that said, if someone came up to me and asked how I felt about a picture of Jesus made out of nipples I would probably react like the majority of people Mr. Hornby described. After reading this article, I think I would have a different reaction. Mr. Hornby really pointed out how ignorant people can be. They focus on one aspect of something and give it a negative feeling. You can find beauty in anything, no matter what it is made out of. That is what I took away from this article.
Of course this was not the most G-rated piece, but it had passion. I'm still not really sure what all of his English nicknames for different people are, but it flowed well with the story. I would like to see where he is today, it would be great if he was now an art connoisseur. I also think that the story could have benefitted with some more background information on Martha, the artist who created Nipple Jesus. In all, I was entertained by this piece and took something quite valuable away from it.
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