Manchester Invader, originally uploaded by mr_la_rue.
Space Invaders…street art? Graffiti?
Whatever it is, this one from Manchester made me laugh.
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All posts for the day October 11th, 2006
The Brillance of the Mosaic at Hafez’s Tomb, originally uploaded by SFMAC.
Where are the tidings of union? that I may arise-
Forth from the dust I will rise up to welcome thee!
My soul, like a homing bird, yearning for paradise,
Shall arise and soar, from the snares of the world set free.
When the voice of thy love shall call me to by thy slave,
I shall rise to a greater far than the mastery
Of life and the living, time and the mortal span.
Pour down, O Lord! from the clouds of thy guiding grace,
The rain of a mercy that quickeneth on my grave,
Before, like dust that the wind bears from place to place,
I arise and flee beyond the knowledge of man.
When to my grave thou turnest thy blessed feet,
Wine and the lute thou shalt bring in thine hand to me;
Thy voice shall ring through the fold of my winding-sheet,
And I will arise and dance to thy minstrelsy.
Though I be old, clasp me one night to thy breast,
And I, when the dawn shall come to awaken me,
With the flush of youth on my cheek from thy bosom will rise.
Rise up! let mine eyes delight in thy stately grace!
Thou art the goal to which all men’s endeavor has pressed,
And thou the idol of Hafez’s worship; thy face
From the world and life shall bid him come forth and arise!
VAD hospital, originally uploaded by evissa.
St John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield (a little way before Totley Rise) which is now used as a GPO sorting office. It used to be a VAD hospital.
This videoclip is not in English but it had me transfixed as it shows the whole process in the indirect method.
