Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Europe After Rain And The Unmaking Of France

Who's in charge here, clown?

I remember, as a child, watching somber documentaries of war. Black and white and later early color hashes - the blurring images of adult men and death machines.

Maps
Arrows
Bold Plans
Waves of fighters

And sometimes a miracle. I remember seeing a figure... was it Christ? The Holy Mother Mary? Whole and intact in the corner of a Shattered church on a broken street in a burned to the ground town.

Standing clean and untouched like a little miracle in the ashes.

A seemingly arbitrarily supernatural event next to the missing walls.

The Haunting poetic voice of Laurence Olivier.

Tonight Paris is depressed and Burning. A city engulfed in hate and pain.

And yet, here too, a sign for our times.



NB: Thanks to PentWhistle the Clown for the pic.

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Willard: Soldier, do you know who's in command here?
The Roach: Yeah.

- Apocalypse Now (1979)

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Resources and Co-Conspirators:

  • Evil Evil Clowns' Lair
  • PentWhistle the Clown
  • Pills the Clown


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    Anonymous Anonymous said...

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    Keep up the good work.

    Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:19:00 PM  

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