I've been watching the stories about WW1. Learning about them has been astonishing. I had no idea how insane the generals had been in the last hour to minutes of the war. The first Black non commissioned officer was touching. An american Generial that ordered an attack on a town that was thought to have baths. He wanted his men to have a bath 13 minutes before the war ended. Some 3000 American soldiers died for a town they could have walked in to without being killed.
a very expressive sculpture of Tommy showing his weariness of war, his isolation, his frustration ... you did well making him stand out against the grey wide sea and open sky, and your image is well-timed showing the group of people reading the inscription and getting reminded of how terrible these wars were ...... and still are.
very strong story telling, Bryan ... compliments !!!
greetings, Adele
Hundreds of thousands of men, young and old died in the two world wars.... and for what ? To give us the freedom that we enjoy today. But the world is still far from being free of war as there are dozens of conflicts happening right now, even as we sit and look at these pictures on our computers. Conflicts that we can see bits of as they are shown on the news.....and why.....because some head of state, soldier, some greedy human being wants something that supposedly belongs to someone else.
We are all born into this world with nothing, and we can take nothing with us when we die, so why? What is all this war mongering for ???
An excellent picture of this superb and very poingnant statue. I hope that it finds a permanent home after its sojourn here at Seaham.
the trauma of war – every one deals with it alone… the aura of loneliness surrounding the tommy sculpture strikes me as most touching about it. as soon as we collectively share that loneliness, we get an inkling of what we need to prevent, of why war is so devastating to the individual soul… will war happen over and over again? oh yes! as long as the world turns and the cricket sings – and is played ; ) – we humans will fight and annihilate each other. we are a stubborn, an obstinate, an utterly unteachable species! greetings, sabine.
Its that much important to remind all the horror of war. Never forget, to let it never happen again.
This reminds me on a day in Hartlepool. I was walking around the beach, nearby the lighthouse. I was thinking about Denmark - where I use to be very often. Then, thinking about all the left german bunkers, I thought: Well here is a place in Europe, with was not deserter by germans in WW II. I was happy about, until i saw a sign / plate, on with stood, that german ships have been there, shooting at the coast in WW I. Well it seems, as if you can´t go anywhere without being remembered all the violence of the last century. Lets hope they are having peace soon in Palestine / Israel and Ukraina / Russia soon. We are having peace for k´nearly 70 years in central Europe, I wish, all humans will have a never ending period of peace.
Glenn Capers 02/08/2014 13:55
I've been watching the stories about WW1. Learning about them has been astonishing. I had no idea how insane the generals had been in the last hour to minutes of the war. The first Black non commissioned officer was touching. An american Generial that ordered an attack on a town that was thought to have baths. He wanted his men to have a bath 13 minutes before the war ended. Some 3000 American soldiers died for a town they could have walked in to without being killed.Lawson McCulloch 02/08/2014 11:46
A very fine and thought provoking image Bryan.best wishes,
Lawson
Geoff Ashton 01/08/2014 19:00
awesome color keygreat motive and well edited
wish there be peace everywhere
bw geoff
Adele D. Oliver 01/08/2014 17:57
a very expressive sculpture of Tommy showing his weariness of war, his isolation, his frustration ... you did well making him stand out against the grey wide sea and open sky, and your image is well-timed showing the group of people reading the inscription and getting reminded of how terrible these wars were ...... and still are.very strong story telling, Bryan ... compliments !!!
greetings, Adele
Sue Thompson 01/08/2014 16:32
Hundreds of thousands of men, young and old died in the two world wars.... and for what ? To give us the freedom that we enjoy today. But the world is still far from being free of war as there are dozens of conflicts happening right now, even as we sit and look at these pictures on our computers. Conflicts that we can see bits of as they are shown on the news.....and why.....because some head of state, soldier, some greedy human being wants something that supposedly belongs to someone else.We are all born into this world with nothing, and we can take nothing with us when we die, so why? What is all this war mongering for ???
An excellent picture of this superb and very poingnant statue. I hope that it finds a permanent home after its sojourn here at Seaham.
:))
s. sabine krause 01/08/2014 15:44
the trauma of war – every one deals with it alone… the aura of loneliness surrounding the tommy sculpture strikes me as most touching about it. as soon as we collectively share that loneliness, we get an inkling of what we need to prevent, of why war is so devastating to the individual soul… will war happen over and over again? oh yes! as long as the world turns and the cricket sings – and is played ; ) – we humans will fight and annihilate each other. we are a stubborn, an obstinate, an utterly unteachable species! greetings, sabine.The Great Potoo 01/08/2014 15:11
Its that much important to remind all the horror of war. Never forget, to let it never happen again.This reminds me on a day in Hartlepool. I was walking around the beach, nearby the lighthouse. I was thinking about Denmark - where I use to be very often. Then, thinking about all the left german bunkers, I thought: Well here is a place in Europe, with was not deserter by germans in WW II. I was happy about, until i saw a sign / plate, on with stood, that german ships have been there, shooting at the coast in WW I. Well it seems, as if you can´t go anywhere without being remembered all the violence of the last century. Lets hope they are having peace soon in Palestine / Israel and Ukraina / Russia soon. We are having peace for k´nearly 70 years in central Europe, I wish, all humans will have a never ending period of peace.