How lovely to walk among the blossoms,
to breathe the fragance in the air,
to feel the petals on the skin,
to admire the soft reflections on the water surface.
A corner view of an acrylic painting of mine.
“Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl she used to be. But a great artist—a master—can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is…and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be…and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that this lovely young girl is still alive, not old and ugly at all, but simply prisoned inside her ruined body. He can make you feel the quiet, endless tragedy that there was never a girl born who ever grew older than eighteen in her heart…no matter what the merciless hours have done to her.
Look at her.”
~From Robert Heinlein’s ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’
This is banana republic-level insanity:
> in 41 states, you literally only have to "promise on penalty of perjury" that you're a citizen to register to vote
> in 14, you don't even have to show any ID at the polling place
> this is completely insane for the most powerful country on the planet
If the Senate can't figure out how to nuke the zombie filibuster and pass the SAVE act, I'm not sure we can fix this in a few years
Not a partisan issue, literally just a civilizational IQ test
Electoral security has broad support and every ethical person wants our elections to be sacred and effective, with only citizens voting.