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Published: 2013-01-10 14:16:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 488; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 18
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An abstract, for a change.Watercolor & fine liner.
Completed January 9th, 2013.
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well, i read some of the comments and i definitely agree with "umericanpiece"... 
beautiful work...
btw. we have a new thing here in germany, in many towns and cities... on the market place, somewhere in a corner is a locker(?) full of books... most of them a bit older... you can take them out and take them home... if you want to, you can bring them back, or keep them...
so, everyone who has old books and doesn't know where to put them can put them in there for public use... i love this, it's pretty cool, found many decent books already...
what i wanted to tell you - i took one book from there because the title made me curious - nagasaki!
i started to read - it was written by a scientist, i think a mathematician, who outlived the nuclear attack in nagasaki, but was severely injured and wrote about the situation, in general and personal - i tell you, i'm no sissy, but after several pages i got so sick i had to put the book away...
and almost scary is that incredible humbleness that some japanese have - incredible and impressive - and that makes the horror of what had happened there visible to an almost unbearable extend...
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That's a fabulous idea about the book lockers!! More countries should adopt this idea. I've just gone through my bookcases and I have a lot of books to get rid of. I'm thinking of leaving them in the YMCA book bin - the YMCA have a secondhand book sale every Easter here, where you can buy all sorts of books very cheaply.
The attack at Nagasaki was horrible. It wasn't necessary - according to what I've read - & they only chose to drop the bomb there & not in Kyoto because one of them had been to Kyoto and seen the cherry blossoms there. I believe that the Japanese have been misrepresented by Australia - at least - in the past, and made to look like monsters, when they just had a different code of honor & behavior. I love the way that the Japanese mix ancient art, traditions & ornaments with state of the art technological stuff. It all blends in such a beautiful way.
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oh, you seem to be one of the few people i've met, who knows a bit about these nuclear attacks by the americans... i have also read that they originally wanted to destroy kyoto... plus in the same context i read, that the japanes had already capituleted some days before, but the americans didn't make that public because they defintely wanted to "test" the nuclear bombs - they had two different types, so they bombed two cities - absolutely disgusting...
perhaps you then also know this brilliant movie by kurosawa "rhapsody in august" (literally translated from german, i don't know the official english title)?
it's about nagasaki and it's a very peaceful and heartwarming film - i found it quite strange that this movie has been forbidden to show in america - this leaves me puzzled and almost disgusted again...
i don't know too much about the japanese, and i'm not a special fan, but i surely like some things about them...
yes, this booklocker thing is super - the other day when i was looking for books there, i happened to meet the woman who has initialized it in our neighbourtown... she told me she actually had to fight for it - the politicians didn't want it, because the locker itself is quite expensive... but then she told them, that other towns and cities have that already.... aaaah, they didn't want to look inferior to other towns, so..... haha, sometimes they are like children...
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Yes, politicians are very short-sighted & usually corrupt. It's typical that they would only let the lady instal the booklocker if she made them think that other towns were ahead of them.
I watched a made-for-television mini-series/movie with American actor Brian Dennehy in it, about the bombing in WW2. In it, it said that the Japanese had capitulated, and that the bombing was unnecessary, but the Americans wanted to try out their new bomb, so they went ahead anyway. Way to go!!!! That's where I heard that they didn't choose Kyoto because of the cherry blossoms.
For instances of absolutely ludicrous censoring, just try looking at some reasons why some episodes of "Pokemon" - a Japanese anime series for children - were banned or censored, and the changes that the creators had to make to certain Pokemon creatures to get them past the censorship board. It's a real eye-opener, and it's so silly in it's pettiness!!!
Yes, I'm not a great fan of the Japanese or know all that much about them, but I have read a fair bit about WW2 & the Vietnam war. I could never really get interested in WW1, or the recent wars.
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trippy though not my thing, it would make a nice desktop wallpaper and looks nice
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Thanks heaps, Ben!! It was nice not to draw something more difficult.
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Thanks so very much, my dear friend!!
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My pleasure,dear
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Your works like a labyrinth, consisting of many mysteries,
and I love the color shine in this work!
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Thanks so very much - I'm really glad that you like it!
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you make Nightmares appear like warm, inviting baths Zara-
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What a wonderful compliment - thank you!!!
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Woo hoo - you not only drew yesterday but it's lovely!!!
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You're welcome. In a rush, but yes please, do answer my long Note if you have any desire to do so. I love to hear from you! Do you want my email addy? I'll check for answers when we get back from food shopping, and will answer your longer message (on your profile page) after Mr Hubby's gone to work
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I'll write you a note tomorrow about the first item. It's so hot today - terrible!! Somebody tells me that there are some fires in Australia too, so I must check up on the links that I've been sent. The fires aren't around here, & I never watch tv or listen to the radio, so I haven't heard about them - it takes somebody from another country to tell me!!
Is it as hot over in Perth today? You'll be running on the treadmill again if it is.
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Oh wow - I don't listen to radio, watch TV (or read newspapers or magazines) either. How odd! For me it's because I never knew what would set off a panic attack so I stuck my head in the sand (as a true WA resident should!) for the sake of my sanity. And I'm the same - for a news item to come to my attention I have to get an email mentioning it. I believe there were some fires around Lara yesterday but they were brought under control fairly quickly - I have an email friend who lives near there. And there were fires in Tassie, which a Canadian friend on here mentioned.
Not hot today - quite windy though. But we had a lot of errands to do and haven't exercised. I had bootcamp last night anyway and we usually run tomorrow. I suggested walking to a medium sized shopping centre an hour's walk from home to get our groceries but we decided against. Glad actually because the sun was quite fierce even though it wasn't hot.
I'll look forward to your Note. Will have son and 2 grandsons here, but will definitely be able to read it over a cuppa at some point.
Hope tomorrow is cooler for you!!!
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Thanks very much - a lovely analogy!!
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Thank you so very much!!
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You're very welcome!
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