Seriousness BBC Website link - Please look

GeoffC · 10-23-2009, 03:41 PM

desertgrandma · 10-23-2009, 03:49 PM

Stunning. The country is different, but I was immediately taken back to 1970 and Vietnam. Had a husband who went twice.

God bless and keep safe any serviceman from any country over there.

pdurrant · 10-23-2009, 04:58 PM

Those are quite splendid.

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

My heart was pounding as I watched this

dreams · 10-23-2009, 08:46 PM

What an incredible artist. I looked through his gallery also and noted that most of his work has sold.

Mathew Cook's work was is so real it looked like the photos my nephew sent home when he was there (and brought back memories of the worry we experienced while he was).

Thank you for sharing that, GeoffC.

neilmarr · 10-24-2009, 12:57 AM

"Beautiful" seems somehow inappropriate -- but what other word is there for so wonderfully turning confusion into art?

GeoffC · 10-24-2009, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by neilmarr

"Beautiful" seems somehow inappropriate -- but what other word is there for so wonderfully turning confusion into art?

I agree.

kennyc · 10-24-2009, 07:14 AM

Very nice work. It's both a shame and a wonder that these things inspire art.

Thanks for sharing this link.

dreams · 10-24-2009, 04:54 PM

I just read a very short story by MR member JanG, The Goodbye, free from feedbooks that, IMO, fits in with GeoffC's first post.

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A story of love and life. A story of war and loss. A story of longing and need.

This short story is made up of sixteen drabbles. A drabble is a story written in exactly one hundred words, not including the title, and cannot be one word more or one less than one hundred. Each drabble within this book can be read on its own, but when read in conjunction with the other fifteen, will become part of a longer story.

fugazied · 10-24-2009, 05:43 PM

His work is fantastic. I hope he makes it back safely and that the occupation can end soon.

kindlekitten · 10-25-2009, 10:13 AM

my son has been there numerous times, he was in a unit that had duties that prevented him from telling us when he went and for how long. we are just getting some of his stories, and know that some we will never be able to hear. he was hit be several IEDs on several occasions, shot a few times, once point blank (yep the body armour does work!) and had many more very close encounters.

he acknowledges that there is absolutely no logical reason that he is still walking this earth, and I thank all the powers that be and stars in the heaven that he is.

rebarnmom · 10-26-2009, 01:19 PM

Thank you for sharing that link for both the artist's talent and reminder of what we take for granted, sometimes forgetting what's happening in another part of the world.

JanG · 10-31-2009, 03:58 PM

Beautiful and telling. A true picture of war. Thank you for the link, this soldier is a very talented artist.

--JanG.

10-23-2009, 03:41 PM	#1
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	BBC Website link - Please look My heart was pounding as I watched this

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desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Stunning. The country is different, but I was immediately taken back to 1970 and Vietnam. Had a husband who went twice. God bless and keep safe any serviceman from any country over there.

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dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	What an incredible artist. I looked through his gallery also and noted that most of his work has sold. Mathew Cook's work was is so real it looked like the photos my nephew sent home when he was there (and brought back memories of the worry we experienced while he was). Thank you for sharing that, GeoffC.

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neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	"Beautiful" seems somehow inappropriate -- but what other word is there for so wonderfully turning confusion into art?

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Very nice work. It's both a shame and a wonder that these things inspire art. Thanks for sharing this link.

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fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	His work is fantastic. I hope he makes it back safely and that the occupation can end soon.

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kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	my son has been there numerous times, he was in a unit that had duties that prevented him from telling us when he went and for how long. we are just getting some of his stories, and know that some we will never be able to hear. he was hit be several IEDs on several occasions, shot a few times, once point blank (yep the body armour does work!) and had many more very close encounters. he acknowledges that there is absolutely no logical reason that he is still walking this earth, and I thank all the powers that be and stars in the heaven that he is.

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rebarnmom Wizard Posts: 1,289 Karma: 4525055 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: rural Illinois, USA Device: Sony PRS-700 (traded in), Sony PRS-650	Thank you for sharing that link for both the artist's talent and reminder of what we take for granted, sometimes forgetting what's happening in another part of the world.

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JanG Groupie Posts: 156 Karma: 6266 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Laptop; Kobo Clara	Beautiful and telling. A true picture of war. Thank you for the link, this soldier is a very talented artist. --JanG.

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