Naufrage (np)

[Mark Kohut]

Yes, I still remember that bit from History of the World. I looked up the
painting then.

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:00 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I gather Mark didn't come so far – perhaps he would have liked that?
>
> There's a nice chapter in Barnes's History of the World – Shipwreck – where
> he analyses Géricaults Raft of the Medusa; the first name of the painting,
> when it was exhibited in the Salon, was – guess? – Naufrage. (Talking about
> survivors' guilt.)
>
> Am Fr., 17. Apr. 2020 um 06:24 Uhr schrieb peterthooper at juno.com <
> peterthooper at juno.com>:
>
> > now I know like 5 words of French...
> >
> > hey, how about this passage:
> >
> > I was born healthy in the arms of a dying civilisation, and throughout my
> > existence, I have had the feeling of surviving ... while so many things
> > around me were falling apart; like characters in a film who are crossing
> > streets where all the walls are crumbling, and who come out somehow
> > unscathed, shaking the dust off their clothes, while behind them the
> entire
> > city is no more than a pile of rubble.
> >
> > -- "mba-kayere" this is some world view. survivors' guilt. ach!
> >
> >
> >
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