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No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. - Confucius
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For Hereios and flags of any kind
The white flag. The international sign of surrender.
Strobist : PZ42X : 1/8th@70mm to right of subject low
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
I really did feel my hair stand on end when I saw this. It was unexpected, and unassuming in a simple display case next to exhibits on the firebombing of Tokyo.
The text reads as follows:
We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the
Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters,
hereby accept the provisions set forth in the declaration issued by the heads
of the Governments of the United States, China and Great Britain on 26
July 1945, at Polsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied
Powers.
We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied
Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all
Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under Japanese control
wherever situated.
We hereby command all Japanese forces, wherever situated and
the Japanese people to cease hostilities forthwith, to preserve and save
from damage all ships, aircraft, and military and civil property and to
comply with all requirements which may be imposed by the Supreme
Commander for the Allied Powers or by agencies of the Japanese
Government at his direction.
We hereby command the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
to issue at once orders to the Commanders of all Japanese forces
and all forces under Japanese control wherever situated to surrender
unconditionally themselves and all forces under their control.
We hereby command all civil, military and naval officials to
obey and enforce all proclamations, orders and directives deemed
by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be proper to
effectutate this surrender and issued by him or under his authority
and we direct all such official to remain at their posts and to
continue to perform their non-combatant duties unless specifically
relieved by him or under his authority.
We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese
Government and their successors to carry out the provisions of the
Potsdam Declaration in good faith, and to issue whatever orders
and take whatever action may be required by the Supreme Commander
for the Allied Powers for the purpose of giving effect to that Declaration.
We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Government and
the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters at once to liberate all
allied prisoners of war and civilian internees now under Japanese
control and to provide for their protections, care, maintenance and
immediate transportation to places as directed.
The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government to
rule the state shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers who will take such steps and he deems proper to
effectuate these terms of surrender.
Signed at Tokyo Bay, Japan at 0904 on the Second day of September, 1945.
The document is housed at Edo-Tokyo Museum which is well worth a visit.
The highlights of the museum for me were the recreation of Hokusai's studio and the ingenious way in which water was transported around Edo. The life-size reconstruction of buildings were also fascinating. Seeing the document above was chilling, but also gave me a weird feeling of a connection with that moment. Just as I felt seeing Lincoln's death mask in Washington. Reading about history is one thing, standing there looking at it is something else entirely.
The unspoiled snow
Those solitary footprints
I am almost alien to all of these
The sun shining through a thin veil of cloud
Dwarfing me
Powerless
Like thrown into an intrepid exploration
Not knowing the outcome
and I surrender
Words of Dimitri, December 2018
In Mandragora, mankind has surrendered the world to the monsters. People hide away behind walls of brick and palisades of ignorance, constructed by their leaders. Joy and delight are coveted jewels, out of reach of the masses. This is not the world you were promised. Travel by night and take it back.
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This program is available at fire stations, police stations and hospitals in California. Any mother, or father, can drop of their newborn baby, if they can not handle the baby, for whatever reason, in the first 72 hours, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!! It is rarely used. Too many newborn babies are found in plastic bags, killed and abandoned by their teenage mother's, for the most part. It breaks my heart. There are little graveyards in many California counties now for these babies. Please, if you know anyone in danger, tell them about this program. SAFE SURRENDER.
Yes, I know sometimes I can get a little political. We are all entitled to our points of view. You do not have to share mine. It's OK. You can chose to read, or not. Comment, or not.
Happy Friday! Here’s another one from San Diego. The statue by Seward Johnson is apparently one of a series of three (I think this is the largest, though) and is based on the iconic photo (or photos depending on who you ask) taken back in 1945.
Unconditional Surrender is a sculpture by J. Seward Johnson based on the Life magazine photo of a sailor kissing a nurse at the end of World War II. This small version of his work is currently part of the "Crossing Paths" exhibition on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville Florida. A larger version is permanently displayed along the bayfront in Sarasota Florida.
There were less than 10 persons at the top of this particular high plateau .... and it's hard to describe this incredible feeling of somewhat akin to having surrendered to nature's calming influence when viewing this vast plain ....
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Miniature scene
Found a dead wasp in my room and was stung (pun intended) with how pretty it actually is.
This time the South prevailed. Chances are that the upcoming battle later that afternoon between the same troops might have a different choreographed ending.
if things get any more synchronistic, i think i will shit myself. this piece of paper
this paper i find in the freakin bathroom of this freakin bbq joint. while eating with guys from arizona who traveled across the country to take a freakin class from me. i find heart shaped rocks with a front end loader, 12 ft under the ground. i find messages on bottle caps that say " give peace a chance" the waitress that tells me to check out this band called the "mother truckers", looks like my wife, i stand with tears in my eyes, pissing in the trough looking at the recognition of years of hard work. what does this all mean? and why did this find me in the pisser? why do i find myself here right now? i surrender.
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Photos and video from Howe Road in Martinez, CA. taken near 7:00 pm 2 blocks from where police units surrounded a man in his vehicle less than 2 hours before.
The man had shot and killed his ex-girlfriend earlier at 1:30 pm at Larkey Park in the city of Walnut Creek several miles away, he finally surrendered around 2 pm the next day.
I was driving home when I noticed several helicopters in the sky and drove closer until I came upon this scene.
RIP to the victim, 47 year old Roselyn Policarpio who lived in both Stockton and Martinez, CA, USA.
80-G-433471: Japanese Surrender, WWII. Japanese World War II holdouts, paddle their way in a rubber boat to a U.S. Navy ship to surrender at Guam. Photograph released September 28, 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/20).
This is a detail of "Within Elsewhere"
Charcoal, pastel and acrylic on Wood
Part of a series dealing with cancer, specifically following women in the balding stage due to chemotherapy. This series deals with the radical acceptance and courage in dealing with and overcoming fears--little or big (losing hair, the stripping of our "identity" physically and emotionally, vulnerability, the deeper fear of nonexistence, impermanence, the unknown, etc.). this series is less about death, and more about life, living it to the fullest while we can. My art is hugely inspired by the spiritual poet Rumi, as a child watching my mom battle (and unfortunately lose) to cancer, and the many stories I have researched/witnessed and heard from/of women battling cancer and facing their fears. Cancer and the possibility of a shorter life can really put all the other little fears to a halt and I admire that understanding--that it is obtainable without ever personally experiencing cancer/illness. This is an ongoing series as I am also learning and working through many of my fears in the process of painting these women and growing from doing so.
Unconditional Surrender, aka Kissing Couple Statue, by William Salisbury, USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.
Otranto occupies the site of an ancient Greek city. It gained importance in Roman times, as it was the nearest port to the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
After the end of the Roman Empire, it was in the hands of the Byzantine emperors until it surrendered to the Norman troops of Robert Guiscard in 1068. The Normans fortified the city and built the cathedral, that got consecrated in 1088. When Henry VI., son of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, married Constanze of Sicily in 1186 Otranto came under the rule of the Hohenstaufen and later in the hands of Ferdinand I of Aragón, King of Naples.
Between 1480 and 1481 the "Ottoman invasion" took place here. Troops of the Ottoman Empire invaded and laid siege to the city and its citadel. Legends tell that more than 800 inhabitants were beheaded after the city was captured. The "Martyrs of Otranto" are still celebrated in Italy, their skulls are on display in the cathedral. A year later the Ottoman garrison surrendered the city following a siege by Christian forces and the intervention of Papal forces.
Otranto had been one of the last Byzantine strongholds in Apulia, but finally, Robert Guiscard could take it. It had probably been such a stronghold, as Otranto had hosted an autocephalous bishopric, only dependent on the patriarchal see of Byzantium since 968. So (Roman) Catholicism had to perform something "convincing" for the so-long (Byzantine) Orthodox Christians. One was to erect a huge church. The Otranto Cathedral, seen in the center, was erected over the ruins of a Paleochristian church from 1080 on and was consecrated in 1088. It is 54 meters long by 25 meters wide and is built on 42 monolithic granite and marble columns.
I had returned to Otranto to see the unbelievable, breathtaking mosaic again. It was created by a monk named Pantaleon and his workshop between 1163 and 1165. Pantaleon lived at the monastery San Nicola di Casole, located a few kilometers south of Otranto.
The mosaic covers the nave, both aisles, the apse and the presbytery. This sums up to a total of 1596 m². About 10 000000 (10 million!) "tesserae" were used.
There are scholars, who have counted up to 700 different "stories", that are told here. Though, these "stories" are often disputed, as today's interpretations are mostly very "vague". German historian Carl Arnold Willemsen published the most important book about the mosaic in Italian " L'enigma di Otranto", that since the 1970s is translated into many languages. I followed his theories.
As I have uploaded so many photos taken in Otranto already, I will upload now only a few. If you want to see more click here:
Title / Titre :
German soldiers surrendering to personnel of The Edmonton Regiment /
Des soldats allemands se rendent aux membres de l’Edmonton Regiment
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Terry F. Rowe
Date(s) : December 1943 / décembre 1943
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : ITEM 3194444, 3624654
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Location / Lieu : Ortona, Italy / Ortona, Italie
Credit / Mention de source :
Terry F. Rowe. Canada. Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada, PA-107934 /
Terry F. Rowe. Canada. Ministère de la défense nationale. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, PA-107934
Over the weekend of 2nd-4th June 2012, the East Lancs Railway hosted the latest in their annual War Weekends. Many people attend in 1940s clothing, there are several battle re-enactments, steam trains running, vintage goods stalls, 1940s-themed catering, war era vehicles and much more. Do please feel free to view any other pictures in the set. These are the photos of the people, stations and mainly the battle at Rawtenstall/Regensburg (!) that I've had a little play round with in post processing to try to get different effects. Some I like, some, I'm not sure about, butu I enjoyed having a go.