Aflame

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I’ve recently come across a series of work by French photographer Laurent Chehere, Flying Houses.   At once both glorious and tragic…I am attracted to this conflict-at-play.  They are definitely all worth a gander, though I chose this photograph to post here as it called to mind a poem that I so love, and jump at the chance to share:

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From Parasites of Heaven, by the one and only Leonard Cohen, this poem similarly reeks of both darkness and hope.  Rounding the bend from calamity to blessing.  I fancy these sorta oscillations.