SIREN

 

“It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope.

We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren

until she allures us to our death.”

 

~ Gertrude Stein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in September 2019.

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BALLS OFF BEARINGS

 

“The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen

as is the razor’s edge invisible.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2019.

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BULBOUS MAXIMUS ~ A FAIRY TALE

 

“Nationalism is an infantile thing.

It is the measles of mankind.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2019.

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SIREN

 

“It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope.

We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren

until she allures us to our death.”

 

~ Gertrude Stein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in September 2019.

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STATE OF THE ONION

 

“The possession of unlimited power

will make a despot of almost any man.

There is a possible Nero

in the gentlest human creature that walks.”

 

~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a crop of an original photo of street art taken in Wiesbaden, Germany in June 2016.

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