Posted 1 year ago
Posted 1 year ago
The Great Sparrow Campaign
“…All over China people were banging pots and pans, waving flags and disrupting the lives of sparrows. Sparrow nests were torn down, eggs broken, sparrows and their nestlings killed by the millions. Literally. The People’s Daily exhorted the citizenry, “No warrior shall be withdrawn until the battle is won. All must join battle ardently and courageously; we must persevere with the doggedness of revolutionaries.” Radio Peking played an anthem, “Arise, arise, Oh millions with one heart; braving the enemy’s fire, march on.” Nobody knows how many sparrows died but the number was in the millions. Initially, the harvests improved, but too many sparrows were killed. Not enough survived to keep the locusts and grasshoppers in ecological balance. The insects devoured Chinese crops. In the resulting famine more than 35,000,000 people died of starvation.
The Great Sparrow War was over. Mao declared victory and called the whole thing off…”
I’m basing my half sleeve on this, it’s such an incredible story…I don’t mean that with positive connotations…it’s just, intriguing, really.
Posted 1 year ago
Challenge me anytime. I promise..PROMISE…that i will destroy you.
^hah! riiiight. challenge accepted
(Source: buttsmanger)
Posted 1 year ago
Sonnet XVII
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
Just a warning, I’m going to be spamming your dashboards with the beautiful poetry of Pablo Neruda…for a while
Posted 1 year ago
Putting on
Gangs of New York…and beasting my way through a few chapters worth of studying. It’s going to be an epic afternoon.
Posted 1 year ago
ooooo, just found these! a few pictures I took last year or the year before while vacationing in Michigan. we were on top of sand dunes that were 500 ft high, it was breath-taking.
Posted 1 year ago
I’ve been SO into this album for the past few weeks. It’s totally different than how they usually sound…but I’ve always loved their lyrics.
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