Sunday, September 19, 2010

Of Wars.

There is a fable written by German playwright Bertolt Brecht that goes roughly like this: A man living alone answers a knock at the door. When he opens it, he sees in the doorway the powerful body, the cruel face, of The Tyrant. The Tyrant asks, "Will you submit?" The man does not reply. He steps aside. The Tyrant enters and establishes himself in the man's house. The man serves him for years. Then The Tyrant becomes sick from food poisoning. He dies. The man wraps the body, opens the door, gets rids of the body, comes back to his house, closes the door behind him, and says, firmly,
"No."

5 comments:

  1. 'a worker reads history' by brecht is also a good inspiration.

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  2. umm xirsi--how old are you may i ask? you have just wayyy tooo many of the same interests. its kinda spooky in a really cool way :) me like.

    i mean how is it possible that you happen to know about Brecht too. wat r the chances. slick to none ;)

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  3. i may have been inspired by you. i used to hang out with artsy people back in the days. that may have rubbed off on me. i agree with the nuggets of inspirations that you post.

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  4. check out:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/17/cave-paintings-found-in-somaliland

    and

    http://www.eidart.com/aboutMe.html

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  5. thx for the links. i truly do enjoy art n eid had some really awesome paintings. n she is from the US. awesome! lool. glad to have inspired you :)

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