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"I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think.... As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him."
- New York Times writer David Halberstam, on the self immolation of Thích Quảng Đức on June 11 1963. Credit where credit is due. Hopefully it doesn't seem like I'm trivialising this event in any way - thats certainly not my intent. I ended up putting both the swastika and the aum on the image because I wasn't sure which would be more appropriate. A typical design decision from me. His heart was the only thing to survive both his immolation and cremation, hence the seemingly unrelated title. Its now considered a holy artifact. Cool huh? |
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it was interesting that you included the swastika.. considering how the two variations on it mean so much in different contexts - the buddhist use and the nazi use....
very well done
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The meeting of two persons
is like the contact of two chemical substances;
If there is any reaction,
both are transformed.
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The meeting of two persons
is like the contact of two chemical substances;
If there is any reaction,
both are transformed.
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The meeting of two persons
is like the contact of two chemical substances;
If there is any reaction,
both are transformed.
What I said was that it is a beautiful image and I love the tribute you did. It would make an awesome poster and I think it really captures the feeling of what you're trying to represent. I was just curious as to where you'd read the article and what were the circumstances that got you to do this image other than the article itself?
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