Dutch painter Cappelle was known for his seascapes or river views with many ships in sight. In this particular work, we can see a row of vessels anchored while two yachts fire a salute for the sailors or officials sailing by in a state-owned barge. The water is calm and almost crystal-...
I am absolutely enraptured by the atmosphere of a wreck. A dead ship is the house of a tremendous amount of life—fish and plants. The mixture of life and death is mysterious, even religious. There is the same sense of peace and mood that you feel on entering a cathedral. ...
Combined that with the unceptical groupthink of an echo-chamber and we all go away thinking “oh, another ship of fools, fooled by propaganda…” -40 Kaiser Derden Reply to RyanS August 31, 2018 12:28 am so they just like sailing in ice filled waters for fun ? 11 Phoenix44 ...
It sings not of death but of the life of birds. Come, spring doesn't start till you see a robin bouncing across a lawn. When a wedge of Canada geese fly over, I'll say look at the birds. And if it is a sin, let us never forget the Bird Girl who once stood in this garden,...