tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post8271829384665326114..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: 9/11Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-30332682630776945582018-09-16T00:59:50.091-07:002018-09-16T00:59:50.091-07:00I'm thinking about the 4600 Puerto Ricans who ...I'm thinking about the 4600 Puerto Ricans who died during Hurricane Marie. Donald throwing paper towels at the crowd. <br /><br />Beautiful Sophie. beth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-77500363302722309342018-09-13T13:05:43.953-07:002018-09-13T13:05:43.953-07:00So much intense life in her eyes.
In our parliam...So much intense life in her eyes. <br /><br />In our parliament, in a heated live debate about the usual stuff (populism, blaming foreigners/refugees for all things that are conceived as wrong etc.), one elderly member quoted article one of the German constitution:<br /><br />"Human dignity shall be inviolable." Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-33752597254780521182018-09-13T10:25:11.491-07:002018-09-13T10:25:11.491-07:00my thoughts, entirelymy thoughts, entirelyTarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-91856833692954651552018-09-12T22:53:38.801-07:002018-09-12T22:53:38.801-07:00Sophie's gaze in that lovely image is penetrat...Sophie's gaze in that lovely image is penetrating... and her countenance shows no sign of the incredible suffering she has endured, you have captured her strong Spirit thru the Eye of the Lens.Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-38637707743065327122018-09-12T11:49:22.634-07:002018-09-12T11:49:22.634-07:00A life is a life is a life. Simpler words were nev...A life is a life is a life. Simpler words were never written and yet bringing it into daily life eludes us. Will we ever get it?Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-26576507386417652912018-09-12T11:34:03.838-07:002018-09-12T11:34:03.838-07:00"... holding so much quiet strength and faith..."... holding so much quiet strength and faith and purpose."<br /><br />The photograph of Sophie, your words, and the poem by Lucille Clifton feel sacred and ceremonial to me, especially in the context of September 11, 2001 amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-89044975140798346372018-09-12T07:17:26.942-07:002018-09-12T07:17:26.942-07:00Dear Elizabeth, thank you for your reflections her...Dear Elizabeth, thank you for your reflections here. It is true that many people who had nothing to do with 9/11 paid, and are still paying for that day. Sophie looks very present, yet intensely inward looking. Such intense and beautiful eyes. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81322286654508206042018-09-12T06:25:43.979-07:002018-09-12T06:25:43.979-07:00"A life is a life is a life."
Amen.
Sop..."A life is a life is a life."<br />Amen. <br />Sophie is beautiful. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-42501339676063745002018-09-12T06:05:22.049-07:002018-09-12T06:05:22.049-07:00We're a brilliant, beautiful species with an u...We're a brilliant, beautiful species with an unfortunate crazy streak of savagery.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-84352373871925022022018-09-12T05:10:21.910-07:002018-09-12T05:10:21.910-07:00It would seem that life is cheap to politicians an...It would seem that life is cheap to politicians and leaders, and yet I'm sure they value their own lives. I find human beings to be such conflicted, confusing creatures, even myself. Especially myself. My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36011371387011118942018-09-11T23:21:21.028-07:002018-09-11T23:21:21.028-07:00What an intense and beautiful photo of Sophie.
A...What an intense and beautiful photo of Sophie. <br /><br />And yes. A lot of precious life. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.com