How on earth you find time to paint amidst all of your other obligations while always appearing the picture of perfect equanimity is yet another example of your superheroic status 😇
Thank you for reading my poem with every cell of your wondrous being, Tess, and for helping me share the message that Mistakes Were NOT Made with millions of people around the world and counting:
I encourage all of your readers to help keep Mistakes Were NOT Made trending on Twitter for the FOURTH day in row by retweeting any of our tweets on this or posting their own tweets in reaction to the video:
I've never had a twitter account and I'll never get one....I'm not interested in twitter nor Y-tube.
Are you implying you think "twitter" is a fair place for discourse?
I'm not so sure, I'm not sure I trust the "owner", but I suppose word has to get out and more glory for that I reckon, but I'm not sure I trust twitter and I know I don't trust Y-tube....nor any other of the censoring entities...
I advocate for local commerce and I appreciate good artistry.....
Good artistry is like anything else....the more you practice, the better you can get.
Not implying anything about Twitter specifically, although the fact that this is trending and people are able to tweet about it and discuss it freely shows it is freer now than it once was, at least for the present moment.
I gave up twitter, and want to give up F/book, but I am still finding it useful to spread info to people who still only get their 'News' from the MSM. wish there was some other way, but the 'majority' use F/book...so until no more info needs be spread...tally ho!!!
Yes, it does seem to be the way to reach normies since few of them are on Substack. I pretty much limit my postings to sharing my articles, but I have been more engaged on Twitter lately because this piece has been trending. It has led to more fruitful connections with kindreds freedom fighters so does have benefits, although I have to be careful of the time suck, which is why I've always avoided social media in general. And now that's partly why I've been up for 26 hours straight so need to get to bed now!
Hope you've had a good sleep catch up...for the last two and a half years sleep has been erratic for both my daughter and myself...makes me wonder...are we letting things get to us?? Oh well, deep breath and carry on truckin'!
Yes, thank goodness! In my case, it is my relentless drive to complete my infinitely expanding todo list, and I have certain tasks I feel I must finish each day before I can get to bed, which means I often wind up staying up for 20+ hours, a counterproductive habit I am trying to reform.
There have been times in my life when I could probably stay up for 48 hours straight, but I've learned over the years (since I'm still alive with a heart beating), that if I don't get sleep, then my mind starts to spiral.......and truly if you been deep in the rabbit hole you will understand this and it helps to know others who experience it as well, you all know in each other's eyes that we need sleep to calm the mind and keep things in perspective.
Still, some of those times when I stayed awake in my youth for endless hours.....well, creativity can emerge from that but it is not sustainable.
So, I've come to conclude that "balance" is the key to health, and that is why I appreciate all the Substack author's out there just trying to share.
I'll offer $750 for the painting, or maybe I'll offer up a trade for it.....I'll trade some pepper seeds of high value for the painting, and I'll place the painting somewhere it gets noticed and respected for the artistry of it all.
I love your painting. Beautiful! The more I studied it the more I saw. It says so much. Love your story of then and now of pirate raiders. You are a true artist!
OK, I'm gonna put on my "painting critic" hat and share a few thoughts:
So, do you see the seagull bird holding a bloody eye in its beak? Well one could presume that was some of the last ink added to the painting, which appears to me to be likely to be oil-based paints, but could be water-based...??? Anyhow, the left wing of the seagull holding the eyeball as it flies out of the picture covers the spiral that presumably formed behind it, but the viewer can't see behind the seagull's wing, but the painter might know the sequence of events in how the painting on the whole was painted. Maybe the painter will share the details, but maybe not - tis the painter's prerogative I reckon.
I'll take this to another aspect....now the "bird" off to the left per the viewer's perspective of the seagull carrying the eyeball sort of looks like a bird....maybe a dove holding peace in its beak as the eyes more from left to right.....but if the eyes move from right to left, the image of it takes on a different appearance. I think that may have been the last part added to the painting, and I prefer the peace dove interpretation, but can't deny it could be the other way things go......what is it the peace dove holds in its beak?
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So yes, if one looks close, there is much in this painting and I think the artist must have already had some practice and was just sort of learning to ride a bike again when presenting this artistry. I think some of the "white-dots" on the painting don't enhance it, but I didn't paint it and I haven't seen it up close, but I do appreciate it and I can look close. All you have to do is "right-click" on the image and then click where it says: "Open up in a new tab".....and then you can start looking real close and sometimes looking real close is where the best info resides!
As another artists perception: I peered into the painting, without clicking on it - I did not notice many of the items which were contained within. In fact, I saw the eye ball as a time piece and an owl who held it, as he made his escape.
Depswah - I'm glad I came back here just now and saw this comment. Sometimes one has to look close to get to the bottom of matters. Sometimes it takes a discerning eye.
I hope you understand why I got upset about your post today at my place and I hope you understand that in these days nowadays it is important to watch over family close - I hope you can appreciate that and I'm glad by happenstance I came back here and saw this earlier communication I had not remembered was from you.
No skin off my back if none off yours - time will tell.
It is definitely not an owl holding the eyeball and I suppose an eyeball can be a time piece....now a monicle....a monicle is an eyepiece I reckon - so it just depends on perspective....but I think we have much in common and I like to share, but good artistry deserves respect.
Peace,
BK
ps - I've looked at it now close and I don't think the "artist" intended for the left-to-right image in the viewer's mind to be perceived with respect to the seagull carrying the eyeball because I think the intent was to show the "blue-bird" carrying a "fig leaf" equivalent when viewed from right-to-left of the seagull carrying the eyeball.....but I also don't think it is a fig leaf in the mouth of the blue-bird, or the bird with blue feathers, and I'm not sure what that twig is the bird has in it's beak, but the symbolism of it rings true to me.
Yes, I saw that. I didn't comment because I wanted others to spot things. No intent to dis your observations. I did wonder if the 3 pirates were hung and the ship set afire and the bird decided to pluck out one of their eyes. It would be nice if Tess would share details. Thanks for your comments.
The beauty in a way, is even if the artist shares details those looking at the artistry form their own opinions, so sometimes an artist I suppose, just lets opinions be formed after the piece of work is completed - let it stand for itself.......sometimes, there is no definitive interpretation and even the artist knows this when they are making the painting I reckon! Just like beauty - tis in the eye of the beholder.
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I think I learned that first in the Philosophy of Art class I took at NC State as an engineer undergrad. The professor in the class was a "trip" as we used to say in those days.....he was a good professor. That is why engineers are better if they go to a school where they can take some liberal arts classes just for the sake of perspective and whatnot. That is what I think.
I find Noah's ark and The Ancient Mariner in the painting and Isaiah's Parable of the Vineyard in the writing. We may not all be poets but we all of us should learn from the poets to handle language with the utmost reverence.
Looove this post, thank you for writing this and sharing your perspective. I grew up in Hawaii, and am half white and part Hawaiian, which gives an interesting perspective on life. Many locals hate white people because of what Captain Cook did to the natives. Back in the early days of Covid, I couldn't help thinking this whole pandemic reeked of colonialism. White men using brute force to get their way and push other people into doing what they wanted them to do, trying to make them think it was somehow for their own good. Taking away power from the natives so they could get control and rule the area. These experimental injections also remind me of rape - injection by coercion or force. Sad tp see, what rich people in power have been able to get away with for thousands of years is still happening today.
It ain't the "white" man doing this.....so really, I mean harm comes from all quarters.
If you want to be victim, then a victim you will be. No harmful intent when I type that.....but...
What happened in Hawaii when the "fruit" magnates subsumed the monarchy was wrong, with that I can agree, but it ain't a "white" nor "black" nor "brown" nor "yellow" thing......so, really my advice is don't be a victim and don't place blame just because that is the narrative of the moment. That just leads to more division and who needs that.
It's not the narrative of the moment, it's been the narrative for centuries. White men have used guns and brute force to colonize LOTS of tribes all over the world. I'm half white, and not playing the victim. This is just the reality of things. I'm sorry if you're offended by this, but if you look at history it's pretty clear, it's never the brown skinned people taking over and colonizing the white communities! : D. Yes, it's true that the World Economic forum isn't ALL white. Power hungry people come in many different colors.
Fair enough....it is just lately its been so vogue to just trash white men, and as a white man, I felt compelled to suggest it may be more than just that.
I think we can look at the "white men/man" as a metaphor. It appears to me that "white educated people/man/men" have been those in more modern times the purveyors of war.
Tess, since your first video emerged, and I reached out on LinkedIn, I have witnessed your blooming and expanded knowledge of the true nature of our cage, your dogged determination to share truth, solutions and sound advice. A creative outlet is a wonderful way to keep grounded in these troubled times.
I agree. I felt the weight of my concern for Tess as she awakens to the true nature of (and or culture of) where we find ourselves globally and from that state of affairs, then locally.
As separated as we are by geography, we are connected by our conscious awareness; our recognition of 'the state of things' and our determination to find each other and build our community for its precious qualities. A community of individuals who bring enormous value out of their very existence, life experiences and views and perspectives, willing to stand out of any shadow that others will join them and together we grow.
This line Is a tell all...”They will not stop at owning our data, because it is the human spirit that has always been the pirates’ most prized bounty.”
So if money is key to their rogue behavior and we keep 😤 filling the pirate chest, we need to either steal it back and create laws with a system of transparent accountability with vigorous checks and balances and oversight or create another financial system of our own that they can never ever access. This would starve the scurvy scoundrels and force them to walk their own plank willingly.
Kristi Noem recently VETOED a bill and warned other states that these devils are trying to slip language into long-worded bills to try and implement the sole recognition of one cryptocurrency to create a centralized banking system. How would any sane legislature body sign a bill they never read? It’s like signing a blank check!!
The "slipping in" of language is most definitely the weapon... the 'bear trap' as I see it.
Words are definitely 'spells' in these modern times being used by those who recognise the power of words upon those so asleep out of the folly of ignorant bravado. There are content minds so very ignorant that to acknowledge any other reality would be to threaten their blissful (subservient) existence.
"I humbly suggest therefore, that by using this phrase we may be speaking ourselves into subservience, keeping us beholden to the unscrupulous forces exploiting us. Manners maketh man not, rather, manners maketh slaves."
Very perceptive, I cannot think of any reason that the pirates would not have used speech and manners as one of the weapons of subjugation.
I spent 39 Years in South Africa, the weather is nice.
I am growing to believe that most of the oppressors that we have in the world are still slaves without even considering it. Sure there may be some that guide and direct who are of the pirate class but why would massive chunks of society become irrational and mean if it was not profitable to some entity.
The politics of South Africa are simply one version of how to plunder, the pain and misery caused are externalised so the amount hardly matters to those directing.
Thank you for all that you do and all you have done, I am humbled and a bit emotional every time I watch your letter to that andrew person, how you remain composed is beyond me.
I have come to the conclusion now that people are not homophobes or racists or anti-Semites or partisan or anti-vaxxers or any of those things that divide people for the benefit of others. We are programmed to hate each other for profit, rarely our own and after seeing how well it worked this time I am convinced that this has been used as a tool since the time of chiefs and churches.
I remember reading something about early colonialism in the new America's in the 1600's. There were lower class white servants and black slaves whom got on really well, even inter marrying. The masters became worried that because their subordinates out numbered them, they posed a threat to the security of the ruling class. So the seed of racism was planted to make the subordinate classes enemies of each other, which made it easier to control everyone. Classic divide and conquer.
A 5xgg and 4gg father of mine arrived in SA in 1820 with other settlers - so I like you, and probably thousands of others, are the unwitting progeny of pirates.
I love the painting. Those towering thick swirly engulfing waves depict the dreaded doom-laden dystopian propaganda and the sinking pirate ship could be called 'Treacherous Totalitarian Titanic' - floated on a bloated Pack of Lies.
How on earth you find time to paint amidst all of your other obligations while always appearing the picture of perfect equanimity is yet another example of your superheroic status 😇
Thank you for reading my poem with every cell of your wondrous being, Tess, and for helping me share the message that Mistakes Were NOT Made with millions of people around the world and counting:
• “Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice (Video)” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/mistakes-were-not-made-an-anthem-57a)
I encourage all of your readers to help keep Mistakes Were NOT Made trending on Twitter for the FOURTH day in row by retweeting any of our tweets on this or posting their own tweets in reaction to the video:
• https://twitter.com/lawrie_dr
• https://twitter.com/MargaretAnnaAl1
• https://twitter.com/FreeWCH
It was such an honour to collaborate with you. Thank you for inviting me to do so!
Tess has completed her JEDI training skills.
I've never had a twitter account and I'll never get one....I'm not interested in twitter nor Y-tube.
Are you implying you think "twitter" is a fair place for discourse?
I'm not so sure, I'm not sure I trust the "owner", but I suppose word has to get out and more glory for that I reckon, but I'm not sure I trust twitter and I know I don't trust Y-tube....nor any other of the censoring entities...
I advocate for local commerce and I appreciate good artistry.....
Good artistry is like anything else....the more you practice, the better you can get.
Warm Regards,
BK
Not implying anything about Twitter specifically, although the fact that this is trending and people are able to tweet about it and discuss it freely shows it is freer now than it once was, at least for the present moment.
I gave up twitter, and want to give up F/book, but I am still finding it useful to spread info to people who still only get their 'News' from the MSM. wish there was some other way, but the 'majority' use F/book...so until no more info needs be spread...tally ho!!!
Yes, it does seem to be the way to reach normies since few of them are on Substack. I pretty much limit my postings to sharing my articles, but I have been more engaged on Twitter lately because this piece has been trending. It has led to more fruitful connections with kindreds freedom fighters so does have benefits, although I have to be careful of the time suck, which is why I've always avoided social media in general. And now that's partly why I've been up for 26 hours straight so need to get to bed now!
Hope you've had a good sleep catch up...for the last two and a half years sleep has been erratic for both my daughter and myself...makes me wonder...are we letting things get to us?? Oh well, deep breath and carry on truckin'!
Yes, thank goodness! In my case, it is my relentless drive to complete my infinitely expanding todo list, and I have certain tasks I feel I must finish each day before I can get to bed, which means I often wind up staying up for 20+ hours, a counterproductive habit I am trying to reform.
Yes, we have to remember to be kind to ones self. xx
Haha, thank you, Teresa! My secret is marathoning for 22+-hour stretches, which I do not recommend and must curtail!
After awhile if you don't get enough sleep the god's drive you mad.......so I've been told.
Love you Margaret.
Ken
I'm trying to get to bed! 😽
There have been times in my life when I could probably stay up for 48 hours straight, but I've learned over the years (since I'm still alive with a heart beating), that if I don't get sleep, then my mind starts to spiral.......and truly if you been deep in the rabbit hole you will understand this and it helps to know others who experience it as well, you all know in each other's eyes that we need sleep to calm the mind and keep things in perspective.
Still, some of those times when I stayed awake in my youth for endless hours.....well, creativity can emerge from that but it is not sustainable.
So, I've come to conclude that "balance" is the key to health, and that is why I appreciate all the Substack author's out there just trying to share.
I'll offer $750 for the painting, or maybe I'll offer up a trade for it.....I'll trade some pepper seeds of high value for the painting, and I'll place the painting somewhere it gets noticed and respected for the artistry of it all.
$750 - that is my final price.
Ken
I love your painting. Beautiful! The more I studied it the more I saw. It says so much. Love your story of then and now of pirate raiders. You are a true artist!
OK, I'm gonna put on my "painting critic" hat and share a few thoughts:
So, do you see the seagull bird holding a bloody eye in its beak? Well one could presume that was some of the last ink added to the painting, which appears to me to be likely to be oil-based paints, but could be water-based...??? Anyhow, the left wing of the seagull holding the eyeball as it flies out of the picture covers the spiral that presumably formed behind it, but the viewer can't see behind the seagull's wing, but the painter might know the sequence of events in how the painting on the whole was painted. Maybe the painter will share the details, but maybe not - tis the painter's prerogative I reckon.
Regards,
BK
I cannot remember the sequence but know that it was fun! Thank you for your critique :)
I'll take this to another aspect....now the "bird" off to the left per the viewer's perspective of the seagull carrying the eyeball sort of looks like a bird....maybe a dove holding peace in its beak as the eyes more from left to right.....but if the eyes move from right to left, the image of it takes on a different appearance. I think that may have been the last part added to the painting, and I prefer the peace dove interpretation, but can't deny it could be the other way things go......what is it the peace dove holds in its beak?
~
So yes, if one looks close, there is much in this painting and I think the artist must have already had some practice and was just sort of learning to ride a bike again when presenting this artistry. I think some of the "white-dots" on the painting don't enhance it, but I didn't paint it and I haven't seen it up close, but I do appreciate it and I can look close. All you have to do is "right-click" on the image and then click where it says: "Open up in a new tab".....and then you can start looking real close and sometimes looking real close is where the best info resides!
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I'll pay $500 for it Tess!
BK
(ha, ha)
Lol - Good eye Buffalo Ken!
As another artists perception: I peered into the painting, without clicking on it - I did not notice many of the items which were contained within. In fact, I saw the eye ball as a time piece and an owl who held it, as he made his escape.
Thanks for a look through your monicle.
Blessings ~
(Sorry if this is a double post)
Depswah - I'm glad I came back here just now and saw this comment. Sometimes one has to look close to get to the bottom of matters. Sometimes it takes a discerning eye.
I hope you understand why I got upset about your post today at my place and I hope you understand that in these days nowadays it is important to watch over family close - I hope you can appreciate that and I'm glad by happenstance I came back here and saw this earlier communication I had not remembered was from you.
No skin off my back if none off yours - time will tell.
BK
It is definitely not an owl holding the eyeball and I suppose an eyeball can be a time piece....now a monicle....a monicle is an eyepiece I reckon - so it just depends on perspective....but I think we have much in common and I like to share, but good artistry deserves respect.
Peace,
BK
ps - I've looked at it now close and I don't think the "artist" intended for the left-to-right image in the viewer's mind to be perceived with respect to the seagull carrying the eyeball because I think the intent was to show the "blue-bird" carrying a "fig leaf" equivalent when viewed from right-to-left of the seagull carrying the eyeball.....but I also don't think it is a fig leaf in the mouth of the blue-bird, or the bird with blue feathers, and I'm not sure what that twig is the bird has in it's beak, but the symbolism of it rings true to me.
What I failed to mention: I was not wearing my glasses. upon first inspection of the painting.
Second: Wearing corrective lenses, and enhancing photo - Created another perspective of the painting.
Thank the Creator, we have options.
Yes, I saw that. I didn't comment because I wanted others to spot things. No intent to dis your observations. I did wonder if the 3 pirates were hung and the ship set afire and the bird decided to pluck out one of their eyes. It would be nice if Tess would share details. Thanks for your comments.
The beauty in a way, is even if the artist shares details those looking at the artistry form their own opinions, so sometimes an artist I suppose, just lets opinions be formed after the piece of work is completed - let it stand for itself.......sometimes, there is no definitive interpretation and even the artist knows this when they are making the painting I reckon! Just like beauty - tis in the eye of the beholder.
~
I think I learned that first in the Philosophy of Art class I took at NC State as an engineer undergrad. The professor in the class was a "trip" as we used to say in those days.....he was a good professor. That is why engineers are better if they go to a school where they can take some liberal arts classes just for the sake of perspective and whatnot. That is what I think.
~
BK
I find Noah's ark and The Ancient Mariner in the painting and Isaiah's Parable of the Vineyard in the writing. We may not all be poets but we all of us should learn from the poets to handle language with the utmost reverence.
What an awesome piece of writing - Thanks Tess
Looove this post, thank you for writing this and sharing your perspective. I grew up in Hawaii, and am half white and part Hawaiian, which gives an interesting perspective on life. Many locals hate white people because of what Captain Cook did to the natives. Back in the early days of Covid, I couldn't help thinking this whole pandemic reeked of colonialism. White men using brute force to get their way and push other people into doing what they wanted them to do, trying to make them think it was somehow for their own good. Taking away power from the natives so they could get control and rule the area. These experimental injections also remind me of rape - injection by coercion or force. Sad tp see, what rich people in power have been able to get away with for thousands of years is still happening today.
PS Love the painting!!
It ain't the "white" man doing this.....so really, I mean harm comes from all quarters.
If you want to be victim, then a victim you will be. No harmful intent when I type that.....but...
What happened in Hawaii when the "fruit" magnates subsumed the monarchy was wrong, with that I can agree, but it ain't a "white" nor "black" nor "brown" nor "yellow" thing......so, really my advice is don't be a victim and don't place blame just because that is the narrative of the moment. That just leads to more division and who needs that.
BK
It's not the narrative of the moment, it's been the narrative for centuries. White men have used guns and brute force to colonize LOTS of tribes all over the world. I'm half white, and not playing the victim. This is just the reality of things. I'm sorry if you're offended by this, but if you look at history it's pretty clear, it's never the brown skinned people taking over and colonizing the white communities! : D. Yes, it's true that the World Economic forum isn't ALL white. Power hungry people come in many different colors.
Fair enough....it is just lately its been so vogue to just trash white men, and as a white man, I felt compelled to suggest it may be more than just that.
I think we can look at the "white men/man" as a metaphor. It appears to me that "white educated people/man/men" have been those in more modern times the purveyors of war.
Tess, since your first video emerged, and I reached out on LinkedIn, I have witnessed your blooming and expanded knowledge of the true nature of our cage, your dogged determination to share truth, solutions and sound advice. A creative outlet is a wonderful way to keep grounded in these troubled times.
I agree. I felt the weight of my concern for Tess as she awakens to the true nature of (and or culture of) where we find ourselves globally and from that state of affairs, then locally.
As separated as we are by geography, we are connected by our conscious awareness; our recognition of 'the state of things' and our determination to find each other and build our community for its precious qualities. A community of individuals who bring enormous value out of their very existence, life experiences and views and perspectives, willing to stand out of any shadow that others will join them and together we grow.
I love your art piece, Dr. Lawrie.
Keep at it.
You are a natural, real artist.
This line Is a tell all...”They will not stop at owning our data, because it is the human spirit that has always been the pirates’ most prized bounty.”
So if money is key to their rogue behavior and we keep 😤 filling the pirate chest, we need to either steal it back and create laws with a system of transparent accountability with vigorous checks and balances and oversight or create another financial system of our own that they can never ever access. This would starve the scurvy scoundrels and force them to walk their own plank willingly.
Kristi Noem recently VETOED a bill and warned other states that these devils are trying to slip language into long-worded bills to try and implement the sole recognition of one cryptocurrency to create a centralized banking system. How would any sane legislature body sign a bill they never read? It’s like signing a blank check!!
The "slipping in" of language is most definitely the weapon... the 'bear trap' as I see it.
Words are definitely 'spells' in these modern times being used by those who recognise the power of words upon those so asleep out of the folly of ignorant bravado. There are content minds so very ignorant that to acknowledge any other reality would be to threaten their blissful (subservient) existence.
I loved this! Pirates don’t deserve our politeness. We must save that for one another.
Your masterpiece comment:
Nice blend of moving story telling colours....a Vincent VG influence....
The canvas looks aged as in a long lost find. Nice touch.
Great painting! I wouldn't want to be on that damned vessel.
Loved reading this article! Thanks for writing it.
"I humbly suggest therefore, that by using this phrase we may be speaking ourselves into subservience, keeping us beholden to the unscrupulous forces exploiting us. Manners maketh man not, rather, manners maketh slaves."
Very perceptive, I cannot think of any reason that the pirates would not have used speech and manners as one of the weapons of subjugation.
I spent 39 Years in South Africa, the weather is nice.
I am growing to believe that most of the oppressors that we have in the world are still slaves without even considering it. Sure there may be some that guide and direct who are of the pirate class but why would massive chunks of society become irrational and mean if it was not profitable to some entity.
The politics of South Africa are simply one version of how to plunder, the pain and misery caused are externalised so the amount hardly matters to those directing.
Thank you for all that you do and all you have done, I am humbled and a bit emotional every time I watch your letter to that andrew person, how you remain composed is beyond me.
Some thoughts have just converged.
I have come to the conclusion now that people are not homophobes or racists or anti-Semites or partisan or anti-vaxxers or any of those things that divide people for the benefit of others. We are programmed to hate each other for profit, rarely our own and after seeing how well it worked this time I am convinced that this has been used as a tool since the time of chiefs and churches.
Yes, we are all one, and they have been using fear and division to control us for a very long time. Thank you for sharing.
I remember reading something about early colonialism in the new America's in the 1600's. There were lower class white servants and black slaves whom got on really well, even inter marrying. The masters became worried that because their subordinates out numbered them, they posed a threat to the security of the ruling class. So the seed of racism was planted to make the subordinate classes enemies of each other, which made it easier to control everyone. Classic divide and conquer.
Toink. Spot on.
Language and its foundation is a passion of mine too.
Pardon me? Lol! WHO might have guessed at its subtle perfidy.
Thank you.
A 5xgg and 4gg father of mine arrived in SA in 1820 with other settlers - so I like you, and probably thousands of others, are the unwitting progeny of pirates.
I love the painting. Those towering thick swirly engulfing waves depict the dreaded doom-laden dystopian propaganda and the sinking pirate ship could be called 'Treacherous Totalitarian Titanic' - floated on a bloated Pack of Lies.