I was really struck by this photo , which graced the cover of Tuesday's New York Times, showing Ariel Sharon, Condoleeza Rice and James Baker attending a memorial of the late Yitzhak Rabin in Israel. There's something in that picture...in Rice's face, jaw set, eyes hidden behind rockstar sunglasses...and how she is flanked on either side by two men who've played hard-ball power politics for decades: Ariel Sharon, peering beneath his furrowed brow and, always conscious he is being observed, gesturing and thinking...and James Baker, completely hidden behind a permanent dimplomatic mask, an impenetrable sphinx. Of course, that photo sends a powerful message to the world. Rice was in Israel to do serious business . The fact that she brought Baker with her meant that the full weight of the U.S. military-industrial complex... the old guard ...was with her. That trip to Israel was important; and I would guess that U.S. plans and actions regarding Syria were part of that
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on my mind...getting my daughter's portfolio in shape to get into art school. We just came from the art supply store, ($$$) raw materials just waiting to become revelations. We look at paper differently. I see words to be written; she sees images. Either way, a store like that speaks of possibility, inspiration.
Not too much going on with me, have some tests to take this week!
BTW gitlr, there is a great artstore in Beverly MA called Art Supply Wholesale.
I'm taking a break from writing tonight to indulge in some nice, geekly fun. I've programmed the same software I use for my science analysis (MATLAB) to analyze this words.txt list of legal Scrabble words. It's saving important data about the words for further study.
There are sadder things to do on a Sunday night.