tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229381101096636687.post8219900590787991122..comments2024-02-17T05:27:02.548+01:00Comments on D.C. Confidential: Annapolis: World War II MemorialJanet Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229381101096636687.post-7409338243970758832008-04-13T02:02:00.000+02:002008-04-13T02:02:00.000+02:00Andrea: It's an interesting configuration, isn't i...Andrea: It's an interesting configuration, isn't it? I find it a little ironic at times as circles symbolize strength, unity, wholeness and yet the thing they are memorializing is often anything but that.<BR/><BR/>I think that's what I like about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It isn't circle and, just as it is called "the ugly gash that healed a nation" it's also symbolic of the ugliness and devastation of war.Janet Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229381101096636687.post-10039867958960253172008-04-12T16:40:00.000+02:002008-04-12T16:40:00.000+02:00Great photo from under bridge. I'm beginning to se...Great photo from under bridge. I'm beginning to see a pattern with these war memorials. They are almost always laid out in a cylindrical, or rotunda type of design. I'm now thinking back to many I have seen across the country and outside of U.S. and all have had this type of configuration.The Artful Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00004135813140464018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229381101096636687.post-53752613194348676012008-04-11T18:12:00.000+02:002008-04-11T18:12:00.000+02:00B.C.: Thanks! I had fun taking that last shot. I a...B.C.: Thanks! I had fun taking that last shot. I actually climbed out onto a piling to take it!<BR/><BR/>Gizelle: Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Maya: Annapolis is a really cool city. I love going there! <BR/><BR/>Rob: The Ken Burns series on WWII called The War, right? I've seen parts of it, but have missed many episodes. I need to get it on Netflix.<BR/><BR/>As for Pink Martini, I would pay big money to get a recording of them playing Bolero. I don't normally care for that piece of music, but in their hands it's art! I haven't heard that they're going to release it on CD. At the concert I attended, Thomas Lauderdale said the French government passed a law that restricts Bolero being recorded in any versions other than how it was originally written. I guess they got their knickers in a bunch over a recording that was done in the 1980s that they felt was a desecration of the music, so they passed a law. A shame really, because I think Ravel would have liked Pink Martini's version.<BR/><BR/>I was going to record it on my camera the night we saw them, but I decided against. I didn't want some dotty docent confiscating my camera...Janet Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229381101096636687.post-35891623358088508292008-04-11T06:02:00.000+02:002008-04-11T06:02:00.000+02:00A fitting memorial to the Greatest Generation. We...A fitting memorial to the Greatest Generation. We seem to keep learning new things about WW II. PBS had a very good series about the war.<BR/><BR/>And what a perfect line of site this is.<BR/><BR/>I've been meaning to ask you, have you heard if and when there will be another Pink Martini album...er..CD? Their rendition of Bolero at the concert was outstanding.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487228375145939026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229381101096636687.post-57070058855040205992008-04-11T05:20:00.000+02:002008-04-11T05:20:00.000+02:00This looks like a beautiful place. Nice shots!This looks like a beautiful place. Nice shots!Mayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163354395585207840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229381101096636687.post-64945672772990999242008-04-10T17:31:00.000+02:002008-04-10T17:31:00.000+02:00Me too, the under the bridge shot, I like! But all...Me too, the under the bridge shot, I like! But all three are awesome shots! gmiragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277125581984131413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229381101096636687.post-29576697500850938832008-04-10T15:39:00.000+02:002008-04-10T15:39:00.000+02:00nice series! i love the last shot especially...nice series! i love the last shot especially...b.c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.com