Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The great human flaw

Artist: Francisco de Goya

This is sad. And profound. And insightful:

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.

-- Jacques Deval

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3 comments:

  1. TomJune 23, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Yikes. I am bad. Anybody want a screaming parrot that can't fly?

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  2. Ellie FinlayJune 23, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Aw. I don't think the quote is meant to be taken so literally, Tom. Anyway, presumably your parrot was raised to be a pet. It's not as if you captured a wild bird and then held it captive while it pined away for its former life! :-)

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  3. TomJune 23, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    Ok. Thanks for the absolution. ; )

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