artist unknown
Ever unfolding
prophetic compact: mirrored
casket hinging shut.
About the Creator
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil
History of The Three Stooges (Part I: The Beginnings and Columbia Pictures - 1920s-1936)
I have been itching to write about The Three Stooges on Vocal for close to two years, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. I wanted to do it by third Stooge, but that's a bit complicated. I know this much. I was about eight or nine years old when I first saw The Three Stooges. I remember one of my local channels had the Stooges on for hours, and I tried my damnedest to be up for those shorts. I remember that the Family Channel actually had an hour of the Stooges on from 11PM to midnight, and it was the entire library on during that time.
By Clyde E. Dawkins5 days ago in Geeks
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The smallest things are usually the biggest. I love that image: “ever unfolding…compact.” The title is awesome. So clever. And I love how you said “compact: mirrored” to specify compact as a noun (a small folded makeup mirror) and bring that metaphor of unfolding full circle. A prophetic compact, too, is such a rich image, a small mirror ceaselessly growing, duplicating, reflecting the reality of what we learn in the final line to be death. Yet the image depicts fetal creatures inside oyster shells. So is this a critique on something very specific, the deaths fetuses? That they’re in oyster shells implies they’re going to be eaten and quite possibly by rich people…are we seeing a perspective of fetal sacrifice to an elite? Is the haiku bringing to light this reality while commentating on how such small deaths grow into massive calamities? I don’t know. However I love thinking about it all. Wherever did you find this art piece? It’s so strange yet very powerful. I can see why it inspired you. Absolutely smashing work!