tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post6221697243163386120..comments2024-01-11T10:08:36.567-05:00Comments on Of Verse, Poesy & Odes : "Tower of Faces" Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-19110493638494503342014-08-07T07:42:59.945-04:002014-08-07T07:42:59.945-04:00I must echo Kerry's comment and also I love th...I must echo Kerry's comment and also I love the way you brought that one line of color in indigo awareness...and closing thought is so powerful.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-15786594322756406452014-08-03T14:32:10.432-04:002014-08-03T14:32:10.432-04:00going to the holocaust museum is like a punch in t...going to the holocaust museum is like a punch in the gut...went a few years ago...so emotional and heartbreaking...<br /><br />we are not that mush different...and yes, it is us ---Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-37527543375886858152014-08-03T12:57:02.478-04:002014-08-03T12:57:02.478-04:00You describe everything essential about our humani...You describe everything essential about our humanity here, Margaret--we are all just people, trying to live our lives. It doesn't surprise me that the photographs of these individuals are what struck your eye and made the most impression on you--it is your medium, and it speaks to you clearly. Thanks for translating it here for us, and showing us these lives so sadly wasted.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-10382864272390498182014-08-03T09:28:43.807-04:002014-08-03T09:28:43.807-04:00Wonderful Margaret. My Dad and I went through the ...Wonderful Margaret. My Dad and I went through the museum some 15+ years ago, holding hands as we walked into one of the rail cars, stood listening and feeling, and then out again. I'll never forget that. Thank you for a beautiful tribute to those faces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-65895857575294582292014-08-02T11:09:33.170-04:002014-08-02T11:09:33.170-04:00this is soooo powerful, Margaret. i love it. your ...this is soooo powerful, Margaret. i love it. your steady iteration of all the qualities of the people in the photographs.... like a drumbeat underscoring your message. wow.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-70570928605619862172014-08-02T08:32:45.515-04:002014-08-02T08:32:45.515-04:00That's the thing, exactly. Most of the sufferi...That's the thing, exactly. Most of the suffering in the world comes from the belief that some people are somehow less human than others.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-82873791895369888742014-08-02T08:04:10.517-04:002014-08-02T08:04:10.517-04:00Bravo! You make me see the tower--an entire town ...Bravo! You make me see the tower--an entire town of life, 4 generations of life. A memorial.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-71694405884143382512014-08-02T07:03:27.280-04:002014-08-02T07:03:27.280-04:00a collage of lives - so fragile, so easily destroy...a collage of lives - so fragile, so easily destroyed.<br />avalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051456576217305095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-8702057134959292422014-08-02T06:24:21.201-04:002014-08-02T06:24:21.201-04:00It is such a simple concept: we are all the same, ...It is such a simple concept: we are all the same, we inhabit the same world, in the same time. We have no where else to go.. yet we cannot lay down our hatred. It is so sad.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-30020498914888933692014-08-02T01:45:03.358-04:002014-08-02T01:45:03.358-04:00Such truth in your words, there is no difference w...Such truth in your words, there is no difference we humans are all the same, one soul, but the world will take its own time to understand this simple thing.Vandana Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270400982093787158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-34604361772217859972014-08-02T00:34:26.473-04:002014-08-02T00:34:26.473-04:00So beautiful...so correct..We aren't different...So beautiful...so correct..We aren't different. "It's really only "us". This speaks straight to my heart.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-39249135260280001192014-08-02T00:01:21.803-04:002014-08-02T00:01:21.803-04:00So heartfelt. Wonderful read. So heartfelt. Wonderful read. RIZALENIOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915950030676020269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-40014808095005347262014-08-01T23:46:40.329-04:002014-08-01T23:46:40.329-04:00that's where our dream lives in the well-being...that's where our dream lives in the well-being of others...beautifully spun..Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-72268597302651338752014-08-01T23:06:35.805-04:002014-08-01T23:06:35.805-04:00Wonderful post Margaret. Wonderful post Margaret. Raining Iguanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461327421951949725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-42882151555384204412014-08-01T22:27:30.791-04:002014-08-01T22:27:30.791-04:00Absolutely perfect, Margaret. And true. All the sa...Absolutely perfect, Margaret. And true. All the same. All just wanting to live. All with families, hopes, dreams. It must be amazing to see that Wall of Faces. So good for your daughters to see it, too.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com