Well, like I said, it’s a Rohrschach. For me, it’s mourning, but a kind of sensual mourning, as in a lover for a lover.
Yes. Every time I look at it, I consider getting some small rocks to pile up below her butt. But The Wife would Not Be Amused.
Get some big, clear quartz crystals. Because, you know, angel poop has to be eldritch.
Ah, OK. I find it confusing since angels don’t have lovers and don’t mourn. Or poop. 
There are some mythoi and traditions (and lots of fantasy fiction) where angels have lovers. Milton had his angels having sex. (Does Milton count as fantasy fiction?)
Clearly this needs to be investigated à la Leopold Bloom in the National Library.
I’m so glad you said that! I was beginning to think I was some kind of monster. And I think you should do the little pile of rocks anyway, what’s life without a little agita? Maybe paint them rainbow colors, and turn it into a commercial for the Squatty Potty.
“Squatting angel” is an unhappy phrase if I ever heard one.
And before I look up caganer, please tell me it’s not a typo for “carganer,” which I first read it as, even before going the photo; “cargando” means “shitting” in Spanish.
ETA: see Roderick up thread.
OMG: I believe that quote on memory and redemption is from the President of Germany after WWII commenting on the Nazi era.
Crass exponentiated.
No, not a typo. It appears to be of Catalan origin, where their christmas creche scenes often included someone squatting to take a dump. I am not sure why, perhaps to symbolize jesus relieving us of our sins?
Obviously you have not seen that Wim Wenders documentary about angels.
It’s a tough one – if there is an orthodox view of something, how to react to things that are a twisted version of it?
For example, take every movie ever that has represented angels as being dead people. Yeah, I could just shake it off an say it’s just some device they use, but part of me thinks, WRONG! Yeah, someone takes the idea of an angel and then says “what if … this thing that’s not true about angels is true” and then it becomes an object of some fantasy literature. But meanwhile it’s an important part of my religion. Why pick on that? Why not just represent your idea some other way?
Oh well, back to shaking it off.
Yes, the caganer is featured in Nativity scenes in Spain & Portugal, especially Catalonia. Here is an example of one such figurine. Recently, the trend is to replace the traditional shepherd-squatting-in-the-field with a celebrity, such as Queen Elizabeth II, President Obama, etc. pooping.
