I was really struck by the emotion of the police officer in this ad on the front page of Yahoo to donate to the Red Cross. He looks like he's just breaking down. I wondered who he was and if we'd ever find out what was going on in this photo.
And here's the same photo again, with the officer i.d.'d and some context provided for what he was doing. According to the caption, yes, he was looking for victims, but he was also "cooling down" in the rain. Suddenly his expression doesn't look like grief, but like relief. Not to take away at all from his terrible task or the awful conditions. But, to me, the caption made me look at the photo differently.
And here's the same photo again, with the officer i.d.'d and some context provided for what he was doing. According to the caption, yes, he was looking for victims, but he was also "cooling down" in the rain. Suddenly his expression doesn't look like grief, but like relief. Not to take away at all from his terrible task or the awful conditions. But, to me, the caption made me look at the photo differently.
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It's like that film experiment where they intercut the same photo of a man so that it seemed he was looking at a woman or a plate of food, and his expression went from horny to hungry.
XD
(Also, GIP)
They mixed some of the saddest soundbites with Listen to your Heart by DHT, and I swear, I'm standing in 98 degree weather with goosebumps. I haven't cried yet, but I feel like that dam is gonna break soon.
I saw a Red Cross ad last night, Johnny Cash singing (I forget the song now), in that broken voice of his, and wow, had me choking up. Of course, that's not hard if you just turn on the TV at all these days.
Sorry, I'll quit ranting on you, heh.
But here's the lyrics. The guy whose wife was swept away, who said to take care of their kids...*shiver*
Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile.
The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yea.
They're swept away and nothing is what is seems,
the feeling of belonging to your dreams.
It's like this one photo I once saw in Smithsonian of George Bush Sr. in the Gulf War. He's giving a Thanksgiving Eve speech to the troops, and he has one arm up in the air, gesturing boldly, as the men look up at him with rapt attention and serious faces. Guess what's happening?
He's distributing tie clips.
Jeez...everything I click on in your journal has some personal attachment for me...
As a new dog owner, I was in tears over stories I read today of people having to leave pets behind. That was my final straw in following the coverage and I decided to unplug for now.