Dario Rivarossa: Satan-s-coffin
I believe this is the last of Dario's repostings from his idiosyncratic illustrations of scenes in my story, "The Bottomless Bottle of Beer." This scene 'depicts' Dan Webster defending the Naif by surreptitiously undermining Mr. Em's word(s) and thereby casting doubt upon the contract signed between Mr. Em and the Naif:
" . . . More relevant were the consequences for language following upon that dire revolt. According to one record, Mr. Em, who has gone by various names over his career, taunted the angelic loyalists by 'scoffing in ambiguous words' that misled them to think he intended an offer of peace, thereby gaining a tactical advantage. I do not imply any judgment by this reminder . . . But . . ."This is taken from the short story version of my tale, but the somewhat expanded, novella version can be previewed here -- and ordered here, if anyone is interested . . .
- Horace Jeffery Hodges, "The Bottomless Bottle of Beer," in Emanations: Second Sight, page 154
Labels: Art, Dario Rivarossa, Literary Criticism, Literature
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 4:31 AM
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Yes, this is the last picture of THIS series, though surely not the last HJH material to be posted on my blog. But your readers already know the story of the Wolves and that of the Little Bad Boy . . .
. . . speaking of which, I expected, here tonight, a post about the NK (f)lea-der's last declarations about war. His words even upset the 100% Italian pizza chef where I have dinner when I work off home. "They're crazy!" he kept on saying while reading the newspapers, and forgetting to come back to the register.
North Korean leaders talk about war the way most men talk about sex: lots of talk, little action.
Why, they can hardly even get their rockets off!
Jeffery Hodges
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Ok, glad you (singular and plural) are not frightened. That's a good weapon in itself.
Back to more serious issues . . . the maybe most interesting detail in the picture is the chant written in the background :-)
I was wondering about that . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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It ironically twists and readapts the Tibetan Buddhist mantra "Om mani padme hum." Data about it can be easily found in the Net. It 'sounded' like a fitting way to depict the end of the story, not literally but playing on sacred words as the Author did.
Capital "A" in "author"? Did God write the tale?
Jeffery Hodges
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Be(er) inspired.
"A" as in "Alcohol" . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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