Spare Parts

Is there anything admired so much and given away so easily as freedom? Those who don't have it will die to get it. Those who do have it always end up parting it out and selling it like an old car. Until they need to get somewhere, they don't realize that it no longer runs. All we can do then is point out what a fine machine it was when it had this or that. We can at least rejoice in knowing that what's leftover will eventually be put to good use by someone else.

Incomplete

1000 buildings representing power, and each is spectacular in it's own way.

1000 women representing softness, and each is beautiful in her own way.

1000 servants representing meekness, and each is humbling in their own way.

What's more inspiring than new monuments?

What's stronger than new affection?

What weakens you more than a stranger humbling themselves before you?

Fog

In the middle of the fog even the best eyes cannot see into the distance and the brightest lamp only makes things more obscure.