3 Supermen – Autrey, Gonzalez, and Navarez
These are the names of the New York City heroes, who in a moment’s decision this week, chose to put their lives at great risk to help complete strangers:
Wesley Autrey
Pedro Navarez & Julio Gonzalez
All 3 of these brave men had family and friends to take care of, yet they put themselves in life threatening circumstances with no expectation or consideration of financial reward. And to anyone who still harbors racist ideas that certain ethnicities or races display less character than others, your theory just got kicked once again in the crotch. These men are real heroes, in every sense of the word.
As Pedro Navarez said of Julio Gonzalez, “So fortunate that he was standing right next to me, cuz actually he (the falling child) bounced off of me. I couldn’t get a good grip, and he (Julio) grabbed him.” I idolize these men and their humility.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/scp_v3/viewer/index.php?pid=16598&rn=49750&cl=1609579&ch=61492&src=news
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I admire the job you are doing here, portraying the natural beauty of manhood. Too often men are relagated to “handsome” or “macho.” All the more often, we are treated as success objects. The “male hero” is often portrayed as a clever brute. Your collages of images and text help portray male beauty in a sensual, almost erotic way, without falling back on cliche. These are defining images of manhood. I honor you for bringing them forward.
having been here only a short time, i hadn’t grasped what Elderbear above describes until reading his comment. As a particularly sensitive and not particularly masculine male, i have to say that i echo those sentiments.
Thank you Elderbear for the kind words. I have admired your intelligence, work, and good intents displayed on your “43 Things” persona for a long time.
dysamoria, just as there are multiple origins in a word or a name that are not always considered or intended by the word’s or name’s creator, sometimes there are intents in artworks that are not necessarily considered by the artwork’s creator.
Thank you both for highlighting a compassionate response and common theme perspective on the recent posts. i’m not sure it is what i intended, but also, i didn’t NOT intend it. One of the intents of the recent posts was to maybe show the beauty that some may see in some men. Women may see ‘masculine’ beauty in men, but they also may see ‘feminine’ beauty in men (i don’t like using the terms ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ beauty, because those terms have disparate definitions for different people – so please forgive the imperfect terms). Women may on average be better at seeing that masculine and feminine beauty may not be as mutually exclusive as is too often assumed. Thank you for caring enough and being brave enough to comment.