Tag: animals

November 1, 2018 Culture of Industry

The joy of animals in the middle of demolition

"I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd,
I stand and look at them long and long.

They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God..."

(W. Whitman in Song of Myself, no. 32)
Aachen (D)
December 31, 2017 What has been left

The leopard has been laid down

"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb.
        And the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together,
        and a little child shall lead them.
They shall not hurt nor destroy
        in all my holy mountain ..."

(Isaiah XI)
Seraing (B)
February 4, 2017 What has been left

Poissons

"Murmures de l'eau dans un lit de rivière.
Venue d'un poisson, d'un autre, de deux autres.
"Qu'y a-t-il ?"
"C'est un pêcheur, un pauvre pêcheur."
"Merci"
Chacun retourne chez soi, même le pêcheur.
Murmures de l'eau dans un lit de rivière."

(E. Satie in La pêche)
Charleroi-Jumet (B)

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