So! This is one of the fun early scenes to Les Gens de La Mer. Really, it’s the first scene after the opening tension is finally released, where the characters fall back into banter to try and define their relationships with one another through language. Balsar, who is the king’s representative, is escorting Lyssad, our shipwrecked-washed-ashore-byronic-hero, to come before the King to tell his story. It’s fun, and fairly simple once you get the hang of it.
The reason I bring this up is that I wrote this six years ago this november and I still think it’s better than almost anything I’ve written since - not perfect, but a perfect snapshot of who I was and who I may be in my best of times. Then again, there’s nothing saying we can’t be even better than we were before.
Every single day is a chance for every man to make his mark on history. On this day, we remember both fame and infamy, Coups, conspiracies, and assassinations show the motivation for power, and the measures we as people are willing to take in order to achieve it. For whether for good or bad, Ozymandias must not be forgotten.
It was on August 25th that we see the worst in people. In their first act of the Cold War, the Chinese kill an American intelligence officer, just ten days after VJ day. Decades later, Serbian forces begin a three month siege of a Croatian city uprising. Centuries prior, the Nicaean Empire is taken by the murder of Mouzalon family. Knowledge was forever lost as German forces for the Kaiser burned down the library of Leuven University.
This day is not entirely of infamy. It was on August 25th that forces for freedom overcame a very apparent menace.
It was on August 25th that Galileo unveiled one of the greatest inventions of his time: the telescope.
On that same day, separated by years, America founds its National Park System.
In other American news, thousands stand for equality in the march on Washington. Three days later, Dr. King gives his dream speech.
On that inexact date, Voyager 2 achieved periapsis with Saturn and, on a later year, again with Pluto.
Every day is a chance to make history, and even though we may not make history every day, we can take practical steps to someday do so.
Art-Fiends prompt #3: Snapshot
I had taken a pic several months back of a couple walking down one of the paths in the San Francisco Botanical gardens. The original image ended up looking pretty washed out, so I tossed any cool colors and adjusted some of the lighting to better suit the image. I’m actually happy with this one.
Nohbdy’s brush strokes create some wonderful textures that I’ve grown very fond of. The detail work on the green foliage in this piece is truly wonderful.
-Mark
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