"La journée sera rude" ("The day will be hard"). -Robert-François Damiens, speaking on the morning of his death by dismemberment at the hands of the state (it's Wikipedia, but I still wouldn't click the link if you have a normal stomach) for his attempt on the life of French king Louis XV. Spoiler It was indeed a hard day for him. People suck. I don't think the artist was sympathetic to Mr Damiens either.
Yes, I've read this one before (and Ravaillac was punished in the same manner before him). And you're right: Spoiler people suck. It makes me wonder why humanity thinks that Absolutist Monarchy, where the monarch is seen as being so close to a god, is such a wonderful system. Ideas, anyone?
"A spring morning alone in the woods. Sunrise: the enormous yoke of energy spreading and spreading as if to take over the entire sky. After that: the ceremonies of the birds feeding in the wet grass. . . . Then the quiet, totally silent, dry, sun-drenched mid-morning of spring, under the climbing sun." Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Happy Easter morning, all.
Happy Easter, Graham. Lots of folks must have, otherwise they wouldn't have continually plopped for the monarchical system ... or trued to be the king. Not always. In July 1830, Charles X of France abdicated, and his son Louis-Antoine (the last “Dauphin”, or heir apparent) succeeded him as King Louis XIX. But within 20 minutes, Louis-Antoine also abdicated, thus becoming the shortest reigning monarch in history. Royal squabbles always remind me of the "Crucifixion Scene" in The Life of Brian. "I'm the king!" "No, I'm the king!" "I'm the king, and so is my wife!"
That quote puzzles me, because the name "Gianna" is female, but the speaker identifies as male ('grandson' etc.) I looked up the name and found it should really be Gianni Crow. He has a profile on X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, and also makes art.
Job 1:7 - The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
So Satan was a drifter! Cool. I can just imagine him trying to hitch a ride ... in the 60s ... with a guy who's just been to Woodstock and is therefore stoned. "Hey, where you goin', man?" "Nowhere special." "Cool. Haven't been there in ages. Hop in, Child o' Darkness." "That's Prince of Darkness!" "Whatever, man, it's cool. Hop in."
