Art for Freedom Prayers for Charlie Hebddo Art commemorating the legacy of these great journalists An Homage to the Je Suis Charlie Slogan for freedom of speech and press by Surrealist Artist Grace Divine Art in honor of the victims of Charlie Hebdo Parody Prayers - Art for Freedom - by Grace Divine for a full art description of these paintings, their symbolism and style click here. Art in honor of the victims of Charlie Hebdo Parody Prayers - Art for Freedom - by Grace Divine In the first line of defense against tyranny are those who express their views freely. This is the first line of defense! These are the most courageous people. These are the people to whom countries that live in freedom owe those freedoms to. These people will never be forgotten. For they stood for what is right in the face of incredible hostility. And ultimately, they paid with their lives. There is no way to express the loss of these lives. There is no way. Their loss will leave a vacancy that no one will be able to fill. And they will be missed terribly! I call this style of art parody prayers. It is art and it is prayer. It takes into consideration animism, spirituality, language, color, image to create a prayer. And via the will of the artist, these prayers imbue with protection the name, the person, the spirit. Please note that the black lines around the lips means censorship. As an artist and stand up comic I thread with care because of censorship. The world is fraught with it and in these paintings I make a social comment by placing the black around the lips. The lines around the eyes and brows represents the energy of the inner self, the psychi. Lastly, you will notice lots of words and XO which represents love for the subject of the art. What happened was an unspeakable terrible tragedy and anyone and everyone who values their civil rights should speak out... before these rights are taken away!