A ‘Septolet’
Attendees wave flags at Russian pro-war rally. Dumpsters in Moscow filled with Russian flags.
Septolet?
The Septolet is a poem consisting of seven lines containing fourteen words with a break anywhere in between the two parts. Both parts deal with the same thought and create a picture.
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–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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Are you sure about the dumpsters? The rally was very loud and seemed enthusiastically patriotic.
Well, images of people exiting the stadium showed dour faces and no flags…
Makes sense. I was just quite troubled when I listened to the rally.
This is very interesting to me as I recently watched a clip of Putin speaking where the crowd in the background didnโt seem very enthusiastic about flag waving โ rather, I saw folks holding, sorta trying to wave, as if on cue, once in awhile, while their focus was on what appears to be a cell phone in their hand โ rather than on the speaker, and what the speaker was saying โ etc. The camera lens of the speaker and faithful waving flags behind was a โscreenshotโ zone in of the speech โ but seriously, watching the clip sans sound, commentary, closed-captioning or interpreter โ and trying to understand if it was โso coldโ that day that if one waved flag alot, it just made the temp around the group colder?? Continues to fascinate me and always, my question, โHmmmโฆ.wonder what that body language/overall video really means??โ Just commenting, in hopes I log back in later and there are some comments by folks who know more about all of this, than I โ ๐
I think you should trust your intuition on this ๐
Thanks for the ‘feedback’ – I watch the’crowd’ at ‘rallies’ of MANY leaders/making their bid to be a leader – whenever the shot shows such things ‘behind the podium’ – – to me/for me, I often ‘feel as if’ I can more insights with the sound turned off – and just watch the facial expressions/body language of all on the screen – alas, I sadly know just enough about me own lil biases/visceral reactions, blindspots AND just enough about what human brains do, when it ‘takes in’ information from multiple senses, that conflicts and thus, tries to ‘rectify it into a coherent story” – and well – I endlessly question myself – on all these fronts – and, often, in my ‘questioning of self’ – I think, “Self? Why don’t ya just ask ‘so and so’ that you know?? They most likely have an opportunity to be more in the know about various ‘behind the televised scene’ than you do – – So thanks again! Knew I could count on you to let me know if I was totally missing something, with more ‘boots on the ground’ information on a variety of ‘perspectives’ of so many affected by the things going on in their region – appreciate it!
You nailed this one โ hard!! And the same is true for the Trump rallies where the banners and signs are tossed as soon as they get their pay!
๐ค๐๐ป Muri ๐๐ป๐ค ~ really? I think Trump has committed followers!
I have a friend who believes many of the most powerful people in the world today are clones of the real thing, the originals either dead or in hiding. Many famous people believed dead she claims are alive and being held in safe keeping. Her theories astound, confuse, amuse and sometimes frighten me. She is never boring. ๐
๐๐๐ป Nancy ๐๐ป๐ … interesting…!
well said
๐๐๐ป Beth ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks
~David
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The schizophrenia weighs heavy
On the new Russia Putin is building.
Imagine being forced to join a party.
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Ironic ๐๐ผ
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