And The Trumpet Will Sound No.1 (for Haiti) by sandra46
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Description
This angel stands on a gate post together with his twin at the entrance of a graveyard in a small New Brunswick town, Canada. When I saw it the sky was something to remember. It was noon and it reminded me of some medieval stories about the Last Judgment. So I think it's a good image for what has happened in Haiti.
This country has been plagued not only by a violent tropical Nature, but, and mostly, by a history littered by a bad ruling class, perfidious dictators and 'presidents' exploiting religion and death squads with exotic names. It is this conflation which has transformed a natural event into a huge catastrophe. The title comes from an array of different Biblical sources; since I'm a non-believer, far from me to start a theological controversy.I cannot help remarking, however, that among the curses plaguing Haitians, there's Hollywood, which turned an extatic religion, voodoo, into a ridicule horror caricature. And that TV preacher who spoke of a deal with the devil shouldn't watch too many B-movies!
In English-speaking culture, the image of Gabriel as the angel that shall blow the trumpet blast that initiates the end of time and the general resurrection at the Last Judgment, which has no source in the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament,is a familiar trope. This might be influenced by the Norse sagas about the Gjallarhorn, alerting the Aesir to the onset of Ragnarok. Its first appearance in English is in John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), and can be found among others, in African-American spirituals. In a play based on spirituals, The Green Pastures (1930), Gabriel has his beloved trumpet constantly with him. 'Blow, Gabriel, Blow' was introduced in Cole Porter's Anything Goes (1934). The mathematical figure given the modern name 'Gabriel's Horn', was invented by Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647).
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Comments (46)
wonderful........
Marvelous Dedication
excellent work
Beautiful capture Sandra, an awesome tribute to the people of Haiti. The disaster does have its miracle moments, some are still being found alive under all the collapsed buildings. Interesting history on Gabriel, thank you!
This is such a breathtaking capture Sandra, you chose the perfect pov to give it the biggest impact
Splendid composition and colors my friend
excellent dedication sandra..and beautiful capture..
Very impressive shot and nice dedication
Fantastic dedication!!!
Beautiful shot!
Most amazing capture and dedi!
Beatiful...
fine words and i will try to put something on top,who kept these dictators in power???,(so long as they where good and pro western and not communists huh??),well i dont want to make myself enemies but i think you get my drift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful tribute!!
beauutiful dedication ~!
Very nice scene and POV. Great capture!
Powerful image. Great shot!!!
superb !!
EXCELLENT a-propos...pourquoi s'occupe-t-on d'Haiti seulement maintenant ???
FANTASTICA.
Awesome.
WOW....This is amazing, excellent and very creative tribute. God bless all those people!
Great capture and dedication well done Sandra..
This is incredibly touching..
I watched the news today and saw two separate rescues of Lia and Winnie, both two-year old girls. Three days buried, no food, no water, recovered unhurt. Perhaps there are miracles. Wonderful dedication and history Sandra.
Beautiful image and dedication! Very interesting history. Hollywood has never really been very interested in getting facts right or in portraying any of the complexities of life. It is a business of entertainment. Unfortunately many TV preachers work under the same guidelines. That they are listened to and followed by a large amount of people is very disheartening.
beautiful image excellent lighting and POV.
belle dedicace,superbe photo!!
This is a marvelous shot and your commentary most thought provoking. Excellent work all around.
Cheer my Beautiful. It is a tribute of very good taste. Mercies for all these people in misery ((5++)) Bravo ma Belle . C'est un tribut de très bon goût . Mercis pour tous ces gens dans la misère ((5++))