What a prayer: “Protect me from what I want” (Jenny Holzer, Times Square, New York, 1985). This plea for protection can be linked to the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy will be done”. It is not only a plea against soulless consumerism, but is also appropriate for people in positions of leadership and power. But who is able to pray this prayer wholeheartedly in our time …

Times Square, 1986 Text: Survival, 1983-85 Photo: John Marchael

What a prayer

What a prayer: “Protect me from what I want” (Jenny Holzer, Times Square, New York, 1985). This plea for protection can be linked to the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy will be done”. It is not only a plea against soulless consumerism, but is also appropriate for people in positions of leadership and power. But who is able to pray this prayer wholeheartedly in our time …

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