Saturday Reflections .... 8.4.07

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[Click the Title and it is a Saturday Afternoon Museum Exhibit of Edward Hopper. He was not a joyful artist, really came into fame during the Depression, when he was married to a woman named Jo ( she is in a great many of his paintings, a not always willing model).He was in his 40's and the relationship was stormy, but it fueled his art. Oddly after he married her most of his paintings capture Loneliness in a well lit honest way. His paintings are not about compassion, they are all about the Light.It was Destiny that brought them together, and in 1967 they died monthes apart.The Painting on the post is called Nighthawks, a diner where people share their loneliness. The Music is a haunting song called "Transatlanticism", by Death Cab for Cutie". I look at this exhibit and I see all of us in the different frames...]

To The Enigma Cafe:
So here it is another hot Saturday. The King went and "inspected" the Bridge Collapse, which is a great photo-op before he heads to his ranch....to take his "vacation". He will be barely accessible down in his compound to the realities of his job, while they continue to use large equipment to look for bodies. He tried to look compassionate and caring, even with his hard hat on crooked. He and Laura went and inpected it seperately, I guess they could not view such twisted carnage together, it might mean they would have to speak to each other or be seen together in an unscripted manner.

I am at a loss WHO is more responsible for all the Crap on the table right now.....The Repugs ? the Dems? The Bushco Regime? The Media? I in many ways feel like we have weathered a huge catastrophic storm or natural disaster and I keep entering the same room and seeing the same piles of debris and broken things piled high all around....The Bloody Broken Iraq Mess, and Broken Economy, the Closed Broken Empty Plants,Blocks of Broken Foreclosed Houses,The Broken People at the Pharmacy trying to pay for their meds,The Broken Gonzified Justice Department,The Broken Infrastructure we call Levees, and Highways and Bridges, The Broken Shredded Constitution....

Everytime he goes on his "vacation" Something Happens, and I realize that I face August with renewed Dread and Foreboding....And this is not Intuition at work, this merely a observant historical perspective.

And yes, I have been blogging that I want Change...but it is like standing in an empty Train Station, with no plan, and nowhere to go.....and the Ticket Counter is closed....and there is No One there to ask even the Simplest of Directions.
I guess like many of you I am looking for even Random Wisdom, even just an unused ticket on the floor.....

*{ please see Roundup that should be posted later,probally Monday, it will hopefully have some Random Wisdom.... }*