And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Read an article about a sword swallower decades ago. Odd talent. About all I remember was him telling about eating a steak to weigh down his stomach so he could get a longer sword (couple inches) inside. How long the sword used is partly showtime and partly bragging rights.
Swallowing or impaled?
ReplyDeleteNo gag reflex though, so that's a plus.
ReplyDeleteRead an article about a sword swallower decades ago. Odd talent. About all I remember was him telling about eating a steak to weigh down his stomach so he could get a longer sword (couple inches) inside. How long the sword used is partly showtime and partly bragging rights.
ReplyDeleteDiane Arbus, an inspiration to me in my early life as an aspiring photographer : https://www.theartstory.org/artist/arbus-diane/
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, she printed the entire negative...no cropping.
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