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Stolen Gauguin's found on Factory Worker's Wall
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(Still cleaning up old unposted blog articles. So - not current, but nonetheless inspiring...)
A couple of Gauguin's stolen from London turns up on an Italian factory worker's wall, some 40 years later.
Via the BBC, note the subtext: "Factory Worker's Wall", implying - that Factory Worker's don't appreciate art? Or that they have an eye for discount masterpieces? Inherit classism, or salacious detail designed to lure in viewers?
Rewriting Australia's History
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Not all treasures have great commercial value, sometimes they're just great in the way they change our thinking.
An ancient Kilwa Coin, found on the North Coast of Australia - having travelled all the way from Tanzia. Which asks the question - how did it get there?
Marching unto the end of the world...
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Marching to the beat of a different drummer Or not. Maybe we're all merely marching to the end of the world...
Rats
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In Nelson, it was the skunks and raccoons, depending on how late you were up.
In Vancouver it's the rats. Late at night, after work, step outside the hostel - and - blind now to the misery of the staggering and teetering drunks and junkies you begin to see them.
Big as gophers, swarming underneath the dumpsters, running across the street - rats. There must be a rat-king under the dumpster in the alley, they're forever coming and going, huge, 3 or 4 at a time, the next plague is gestating here...
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