empires

 

“We’re doomed to repeat the past no matter what.

That’s what it is to be alive.”

 

~ Kurt Vonnegut ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Pompeii in June 1996.

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a long uncertain ride

 

“A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke,

only man can prevent.”

 

~ Elie Wiesel ~

 

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

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war

 

“Violence completes the partial mind.”

 

~ Peter Blegvad ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of ants at war taken in June 2022.

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BRIDGE THIS SCHISM

 

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth,

but delicious in the years of maturity.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in December 2020.

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EMPIRES

 

“We’re doomed to repeat the past no matter what.

That’s what it is to be alive.”

 

~ Kurt Vonnegut ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Pompeii in June 1996.

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BACKWARDS IN HIEROGLYPHICS

 

“Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas.

Casual curses are the most effective.” 

 

~ William S. Burroughs ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in February 2020. Photo courtesy of W. Feger’s German Geological Service GmbH.

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A LONG UNCERTAIN RIDE

 

“A destruction, an annihilation

that only man can provoke,

only man can prevent.”

 

~ Elie Wiesel ~

 

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

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SOMETHIN’ FISHY HERE

 

“Always and inevitably everyone underestimates

the number of stupid individuals in circulation.”

 

~ Carlo M. Cipolla ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in June 2018.

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THE CURSE

 

“Respect your curses,

for they are the instruments of your destiny.”

 

~ Joseph Campbell ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in May 2015.

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WOODEN HEART

 

“A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a piece of preserved wood from a tree that was felled in the year 30 C.E., taken in October 2018.

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ANATHEMA

 

“The dreamer whose dreams are non-utilitarian

has no place in this world.

In this world the poet is anathema,

the thinker a fool, the artist an escapist,

the man of vision a criminal.”

 

~ Henry Miller ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in May 2004.

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