SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE SAID
DAY FILE
Despite my intention to provide only art and beauty in this first post of the week perhaps an obvious statement needs to be made.
How many Americans need to be gunned down before citizens demand that something be done? No other nation on the planet has as many murders. I am a full supporter of the Bill of Rights. The first amendment is my favorite, but all of them are important. So I'm not trashing the Second. Still something is profoundly wrong when deranged people or hate filled bigots and zealots can so easily destroy life.
We cannot continue to take these shocks and refuse to do something to prevent them. We all have a stake in this.
LINES AND TEXTURES
a collection of scenes where I was struck
by linearity and patterns
a collection of scenes where I was struck
by linearity and patterns
FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC LOVERS ONLY
A CAMBRIA LOCAL
Camp Ocean Pines, which is very true to its name, hosted
an extraordinary musical event this weekend. Under the towering Monterey Pine, with window peaks of the deep Pacific Blue warmed by dappled sun beneath the arch of cobalt blue skies, musicians filled the air with classical beauty. Performers had completed the Summer Strings Workshop under the guidance of the San Luis Obispo Symphony. Here is a sample. My apologies the video quality is not more fitting the quality of the music. We gleaned this with a hand held iPhone. Still, you'll get a sense of the special afternoon.
There are way too many guns in private hands for anything good to come out of these shootings, I fear.
ReplyDeleteLove your photography and enjoyed the concert.
The second amendment doesn't guarantee the right to own automatic assault weapons designed for the single purpose of killing as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. A recent poll of Colorado citizens taken after their recent tragedy showed that they still did nor want any new gun controls passed. We're a violent society and that isn't going to change in the near future.
ReplyDeleteyep! No change! too bad. -w-
ReplyDeleteOur lack of regulation of weapons that are not for self protection or for hunting has made us look foolish in the eyes of civilized countries and we continue to be shocked and saddened when this proliferation of guns costs more innocent lives.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, assault weapons should be kept out of the hands of those who are filled with hate. What's more difficult but, undoubtedly more beneficial, would be to address the issues that turn some people into violent criminals. The determined will always find the means to carry out their horrific crimes. We need to reach them before they reach that stage.
ReplyDeleteQuite a contrast between text and photos today but I personally think these are most beautiful shots posted so far. Stunning!
Maryann
The shooting at the Sikh Temple appears to have been done with a single hand gun. Those are, at close range, as effective as an assault rifle in wreaking havoc and destruction. It is a societal ill, I fear, with the weapons merely the tools used to implement the perverse, malevolent schemes harbored by sick individuals.
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