Tuesday, June 03, 2003

A Creepy Story about Salvador Dali A few years ago Mrs. Woody and I went to the Salvador Dali Museum in Florida. The tour guide related the most incredible story about Salvador Dali that I have always wanted to see confirmed in writing. I have found enough references now to be fairly confident that it is not a legend. The story concerns a painting by Jean-Francois Millet called The Angelus. Take a look. Pretty harmless looking, eh? Pious farmer and his wife have been working hard in the field. It is getting dark, and they decide to call it a day and give thanks to their Creator for the food they have harvested. Salvador Dali saw the painting when he was a child and sensed an atmosphere of evil. As he grew older he elaborated on these feelings, deciding that the woman looked like a praying mantis that was about to devour her mate.  Notice where the farmer is holding his hat.  This probably all sounds like Freudian mumbo-jumbo, but Dali also believed that part of the painting was painted over. In fact, he believed that the farmer and his wife were originally praying over a child's coffin. Makes a heck of a lot more sense, doesn't it? Don't they look awfully glum for people who are about to go home, rest, and eat? When Dali became famous and gained some clout, he was able to demand that the painting be X-rayed to see whether it was painted over.  Indeed it was. The X-ray image (which I would be very curious too see) reportedly revealed an oblong object that looked like it could be a child's coffin. Dali's guess was apparently right on the mark. Nitey nite, Woody 10:26:00 PM    comment []

Candidate Haiku #8 by W there's ben and jerry jim jeffords, phish, a few cows trees and howard dean ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bush Tax Cuts - A Play in One Act Scene I - A bar Woman: I wish I looked like Halle Berry. Man: Come home with me tonight, and you will. Woman: That doesn't make any sense. Man: You need to embrace bold new ideas. Why are you talking to me if I am so crazy? Woman: I was talking to someone smarter, but you pushed him off the barstool. You're the only one left in the bar. Man: Right, so if I can't make you look like Halle Berry, no one can. It's my responsibility now. Woman: That still doesn't make sense. Man: Let's just try it dammit. Scene II - A bachelor pad Woman: We've been hooking up for a month, and I still don't look like Halle Berry. Actually, I've gained ten pounds. Man: Good Lord, your butt's getting bigger and bigger. You need this treatment badly. Don't even think about leaving me, or it'll get worse and worse! The moral: Screw me once...   8:22:20 AM    comment []

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