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broken, cold sunrise

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Oakville, 2011.01.17

This morning there was a really amazing sunrise, just astonishing. Like this one, which I photographed in Tokyo back in September.

sunrise over Shinagawa

The colours were quite similar, and I immediately thought of this day. The similarity ended there, of course. Today there was a lot of snow blowing across the middle distance, and the sun itself was raked with broken little clouds as they scudded low across of the lake. It was f'n amazing.

Naturally I had a roll of black and white film in the camera. Still managed a shot or two of the Go blasting toward the Bronte platform in a shroud of white.

rand()m quote

Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

—Hermann Goering