Emperors and Kings
We remember His Exultedness Ozymandias standing in the desert, surveying His Empire
we wrote essays about him at school
Emperors and Thieves
We remember the sight of another Exulted One, in bronze, being towed earthwards
(and later the trap-door plunge after much discussion)
Emperors and Tyrants
We’ve studied the works and plans of the Genius of Economics: His Marxness
and watched with sadness or satisfaction as the communist experiments failed under
the weight of human nature
Emperors and Stars
In marble or bronze, paint or celluloid we like to keep our Emperors on pedestals,
high up on a wall:
Above, untouchable, beyond the grip of gravity or sin
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| image: Lee Friedlander |
Thanks to Tess at The Mag for the prompt. More mags are here
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16 comments:
An interesting take on the pic.
Scary isn't it, Isabel, the way we exult the exulted ad keep them on high, so they might then look down on us. Powerful refections here.
We do like to exalt our celebrities these days, don't we? And then we wonder why they fall...
I don't know why, but I have lost you ... and I have missed you. I am doing a lot of "blog" changes (artistically) at the moment, have a new theme and must learn what it is that I am doing. Happy New Year Isabel. I hope that this finds you well and feeling good.
It is well-known that in Australia we 'cut down the tall poppies'. No-one stays exalted for long. I wonder whether that's good or bad.
Great take on the prompt! I like the linking of emperors and stars.
Jamie
well done- interesting take
yes...and what we put on pedestals certainly falls...but coat them in bronze and they have a hard time doing much against us...smiles..
Isabel~
You are clearly an educator at heart, and I enjoyed the intellectual stimulation in this one. Well done.
http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2012/01/08/lee-me-a-fantasy/
It's what we do... build 'em up, tear 'em down...and wait for the next batch of celebs to surface..very astute piece of work here!
Ozymandias -- yes! Wondered when someone would get around to him.
Ozymandias was a role Yul Brennyr should have planned since he was King of Siam and King Of Egypt, he should have been King of Kings also
days of cohan
Interesting take on the Mag Isabel - good stuff!
Anna :o]
Untouchable, indeed...
They come and they go. Well said!
Nicely done. I love how you put all of these into catergories. :)
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