Le Trait
Eulogy
Written by Carmen Andrews
Dedicated
I see that paranoia eats your brain
while hatred sucks grey matter through a straw,
once swallowed burping thoughts into a
smelly cloud of lies – which you wear like perfume.
No one but you can hear the scream
of disillusions and delusions,
exhaled in one foul breath
regurgitating simultaneously all humanity that’s left in you.
Farewell, Madame, Auf Nimmerwiedersehen.
Your heart is beating, but to the world
you are already dead.
Quotes
Je suis Jeanne D’Arc et c’est la guerre.
Ils ne respectent pas la loi de la France.
Elle m’a poussée.
Vous êtes un concierge.
C’est la crème de la jalousie.
© Dopa Mine 4th August 2010
Paranoia
Written by Carmen Andrews
Paranoia
I have never personally encountered fully blown paranoia. My best friend has and just from watching what she was going through... the pain...the fear.... is beyond words or pictures or sounds. The REAL thing is much scarier than the worst horror movie you've ever seen, much scarier than any sound you've ever heard....
I drew something in 1998. Never gave it a name. I varnished it the past few days and it will be another resident on our dependance doors. It will be next to the witch. Perfect match. :-) Just a wee reminder to somebody who is completely and utterly ignorant of her own condition.... Mean? Cruel? Possibly helpful? Who knows...
I baptized this old drawing 'Paranoia', as this is the best I can do with paints to cover/describe/paint/express this demon.
Hex Hex
Written by Carmen Andrews
Hex Hex
This little piece of creative expression (enhanced with some extra powers...whoooo hooooo), will be a resident on one of the doors of our dependance.
A friendly (language) wizard helped me to create the spell, which I hope will work.
This particular wizard also happens to be a magnificent translator (paper and oral) AND happens to own holiday homes in this area as well (Yup, need multiple incomes to survive in rural France despite any kind of w(h)itch(y) craft...) For details just scroll down...
Special thanks to Derek Scoins who helped me out in this 'language predicament'.
Accomodation/translation needed?: www.franceprofondegites.net
Yinyang
Written by Carmen Andrews
Yinyang
There isn't anything that I could say to 'enlighten' anybody about yinyang with personal chit chat. Everybody knows this symbol.
Why did I chose to paint it our 'inspection hatch of the public ditch' ?
- wanted to paint Ganesh (Elephant headed God, but was in too bad of a state to move my hands properly to paint)
- wanted to paint Buddha and Maitreya (also Indian Gods), but wasn't up for the task (again, trembling hands don't paint well).
Then I went back to simplicity and thought that this wonderful sign can and will express everything anyway. So, yinyang it was - is - and will be.
In light of an upcoming trial re our lovely neighour...
I do not believe in justice. I believe in balance.
This balance, however, does not apply to my existance, to my needs and wishes, it includes the world.
So, never mind the facts (that can be argued left, right and center, up side down and side ways by a good lawyer).... there WILL be a balance.... if we lose... somebody in this world will get a lucky break.
Just right now... I really wish it would be US to get this lucky break...
Réalité
Written by Carmen Andrews
Réalité
What does one know about France? I suppose, the blue, red and white flag, Paris, Eiffel tower, frogs, wine, cheese, Bridet Bardot and... liberté, égalité, fraternité. Loads of people think that these qualities, these goals have are a derivative of the French Revolution, they are not, so if you wanted to find out about the origins... poke around....
French Revolution or not, liberté, égalité, fraternité.... This is the 'motto' of France....as seen on many (too many) offical documents that one has to produce here...
Well, here is my interpretation of this very honorable idea. Yup, again, thanks to our lovely neighbour. Please note: I do NOT wish to mock these idea(l)s. I am all for them. It is just that ignorant, cruel, viscious people exist all over the world that run ideas like this one over. I believe that our living or life on this planet would be much better if ruled by freedom, equality and brother/sisterhood (friendship). Sadly so.... "I had a dream..."(Martin Luther King)... and the rest is history.
By the way. This 'piece' is the lid of the public ditch (fossé) that goes through our garden. Our garden used to be a 'chemin public', a public path, and all of these have ditches. The one in our garden consists of underground pipes and we have two lids to check up on...well, whatever is happening water wise down there.
The decoration on the other lid you will find under yinyang.
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