Apparition (The Real Title of God) / Josephine Miles: Figure

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Aleppo wounded day of bombardment by government forces that killed fifty people: image via baraa al halabi @baraaalhalabi, 14 June 2016

Josephine Miles: Figure

A poem I keep forgetting to write

Is about the stars,

How I see them in their order

Even without the chair and bear and the sisters,

In their astronomic presence of great space,

And how beyond and behind my eyes they are moving,

Exploding to spirals under extremest pressure.

Having not mathematics, my head

Bursts with anguish of not understanding.

The poem I forget to write is bursting fragments

Of a tortured victim, far from me

In his galaxy of minds bent upon him,

In the oblivion of his headline status

Crumpled and exploding as incomparable

As a star, yet present in its light.

I forget to write.

Josephine Miles (1911-1985): Figure from Collected Poems: 1930-83

SYRIA - A shepherd leads his flock as smoke billows from a farm following an airstrike in Sheifuniya. By @AbdDoumany: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 June 2016

A Syrian rebel fighter from the Failaq Al Rahman brigade sits in front of a bullet riddled wall as he waits to break his fast in Jobar, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus: photo by Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP, 14 June 2016

 
SYRIA - A rebel fighter waits to break his fast during the Ramadan in Jobar near Damascus. By @abdfree2 #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 15 June 2016

IRAQ - Children gather inside a tent at a camp for displaced people in Amriyat al-Fallujah. By @SabahAFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 June 2016 
 

A three-week old Barbary macaque is seen with its mother in their enclosure at the Wroclaw Zoological Garden in Poland: photo by Maciej Kulzynski / EPA, 14 June 2016

Belgian supporters cheer on their team during their 2-0 Euro 2016 defeat to Italy: photo by Emmanuel Dunand / AFP, 14 June 2016 

A tourist takes a photo near the Louvre in Paris as French army soldiers patrol the area: photo by Philippe Wojazer / Reuters, 14 June 2016

Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaves after the second day of his sentencing for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, at Pretoria High Court, South Africa today: photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters, 14 June 2016



Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaves after the second day of his sentencing for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, at Pretoria High Court, South Africa today: photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters, 14 June 2016

 

 Women stand outside their shop near veils displayed on mannequins for sale during the holy month of Ramadan in Tyre old city, southern Lebanon: photo by Ali Hashisho/Reuters 14 June 2016 



Women stand outside their shop near veils displayed on mannequins for sale during the holy month of Ramadan in Tyre old city, southern Lebanon: photo by Ali Hashisho/Reuters 14 June 2016

An Internally displaced woman arrives to a camp outside Fallujah, Iraq. The U.N. estimates about 50,000 civilians are trapped inside the city and that 42,000 people have fled Fallujah since a military operation to retake the city began in late May: photo by Hadi Mizban/AP, 14 June 2016



An Internally displaced woman arrives to a camp outside Fallujah, Iraq. The U.N. estimates about 50,000 civilians are trapped inside the city and that 42,000 people have fled Fallujah since a military operation to retake the city began in late May: photo by Hadi Mizban/AP, 14 June 2016
 

Opposition supporters react in front of a burning barricade they set up in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, as they protest against an MP Moses Kuria of the ruling Jubilee coalition who allegedly called for the assassination of opposition leader Raila Odinga: photo by Dai Kurokawa/EPA, 14 June 2016



Opposition supporters react in front of a burning barricade they set up in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, as they protest against an MP Moses Kuria of the ruling Jubilee coalition who allegedly called for the assassination of opposition leader Raila Odinga: photo by Dai Kurokawa/EPA, 14 June 2016

 
A member of the leftist CGT labor union holds a flare during a march in Paris. Street protests are planned across France on Tuesday.: photo by Francois Mori/AP, 14 June 2016



A member of the leftist CGT labor union holds a flare during a march in Paris. Street protests are planned across France on Tuesday.: photo by Francois Mori/AP, 14 June 2016

A racegoer at Royal Ascot wipes down a bench before sitting on it before the races Ascot Racecourse: photo by Toby Melville/Livepic/Reuters, 14 June 2016



A racegoer at Royal Ascot wipes down a bench before sitting on it before the races Ascot Racecourse: photo by Toby Melville/Livepic/Reuters, 14 June 2016

New recruits attend a training given by the Furqat al-Abbas brigades at the brigade’s headquarters east of the southeastern Iraqi city of Basra. The training includes fitness and how to handle a weapon.: photo by Haidar Mohammed Al/AFP 14 June 2016 



New recruits attend a training given by the Furqat al-Abbas brigades at the brigade’s headquarters east of the southeastern Iraqi city of Basra. The training includes fitness and how to handle a weapon.: photo by Haidar Mohammed Al/AFP 14 June 2016 

 
Chancellor George Osborne solders a printed circuit board with Karen Greenfield during an EU related visit to Renishaw Plc in Woodchester near Stroud, Gloucestershire: photo by Ben Birchall/PA 14 June 2016



Chancellor George Osborne solders a printed circuit board with Karen Greenfield during an EU related visit to Renishaw Plc in Woodchester near Stroud, Gloucestershire: photo by Ben Birchall/PA 14 June 2016

Members of Hindu nationalist party ‘Hindu Sena’ or Hindu Army, celebrate the birthday of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump in New Delhi, India. The political group had earlier performed Hindu rituals to ensure Trump’s presidential win and to solve the growing problems of Islamic terrorism.: photo by Saurabh Das/AP 14 June 2016



Members of Hindu nationalist party ‘Hindu Sena’ or Hindu Army, celebrate the birthday of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump in New Delhi, India. The political group had earlier performed Hindu rituals to ensure Trump’s presidential win and to solve the growing problems of Islamic terrorism.: photo by Saurabh Das/AP 14 June 2016


 Indian group celebrates birthday of 'savior of humanity' Trump: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 14 June 2016 

Apparition

The Republican candidate continues to dominate the presidential contest: photo by Washington Post, 14 June 2016

Midlothian man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tile: Scott Wise, WTVR, 8 June 2016

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. -- Clayton Litten was sitting on his toilet, admiring his newly tiled bathroom floor when he first saw it.

"This cannot be. There's no way," Litten said when he saw the image -- "clear as day."

An image of presidential candidate Donald Trump, standing with arms folded, emerged from the tile floor.

Clayton Litten sitting on his toilet: photo by WTVE, 8 June 2016

"What are the odds?" Litten asked. "One in a trillion?"

When Litten asked the workers remodeling his bathroom if they too saw Trump in the tile, he said they all agreed -- they saw the Donald.

"It's a perfect image of him!" Litten said.

Image of Donald Trump detected in Clayton Litten's bathroom tile: photo by WTVE, 8 June 2016

 Litten, a Republican who planned to vote for Trump this fall, said he sent the image of his floor to the Trump campaign.

He said he hoped the man himself would stop by for a visit when he arrived in town to campaign Friday.

"I have not yet heard from anyone yet," Litten said.

Workers for the company that installed the floor said people can see all sorts of images in tile, "sort of like when people see objects in clouds."

We sent the photo to the company for further analysis and will update this post when we hear back.

In the meantime, Litten, who said he was dying of lung cancer, is holding out hope that Donald Trump would see this story and pay him a visit.

In his speech on Monday, Donald J. Trump warned that terrorism could wipe out the United States. “There will be nothing, absolutely nothing, left,” he said.: photo by Damon Winter/The New York Times, 14 June 2016

In his speech on Monday, Donald J. Trump warned that terrorism could wipe out the United States. “There will be nothing, absolutely nothing, left,” he said.: photo by Damon Winter/The New York Times, 14 June 2016

 Donald Trump addresses supporters at a rally in Albany, New York: photo by Mike Segar/Reuters, 11 April 2016 

Belgium play Italy during the EURO 2016. Italy’s Emanuele Giaccherini in action with Belgium’s Eden at the Stade de Lyon, Lyon, France: photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Livepic/Reuters, 14 June 2016



Belgium play Italy during the EURO 2016. Italy’s Emanuele Giaccherini in action with Belgium’s Eden at the Stade de Lyon, Lyon, France: photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Livepic/Reuters, 14 June 2016


Battle Scene: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1504, pen and ink on paper, 179 x 251 mm (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)


Battle of Anghiari (Tavola Doria): Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-05, oil on panel, 85 x 115 cm (formerly private collection, Munich; now lost)


Study of battles on horseback and on foot: Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-04, pen and ink on paper, 145 x 152 mm (Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice)

The Battle of Anghiari (detail): Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-05, black chalk, pen and ink, watercolour on paper, 452 x 637 mm  (Musée du Louvre, Paris

Allegory of the State of France before the Return from Egypt: Jean-Pierre Franque, 1810, oil on canvas, 261 x 326 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

Allegory

Red tile (Los Angeles, California): photo by michaelj1998, 3 June 2016

Red tile (Los Angeles, California): photo by michaelj1998, 3 June 2016

#FoodForThought #Think: photo by J Perez, 12 January 2016

Live life, there's no take two! (Fok Cheong Building, King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong): photo by Danny Chan, c. 2015

Live life, there's no take two! (Fok Cheong Building, King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong): photo by Danny Chan, c. 2015

Multifunctional laundry dryer (Japan): photo by Mark Dries, 19 May 2016

Multifunctional laundry dryer (Japan): photo by Mark Dries, 19 May 2016
 

Without old things, there would be no new things (King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong): photo by Danny Chan, 9 June 2016

Without old things, there would be no new things (King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong): photo by Danny Chan, 9 June 2016

Liverpool: photo by Mark Dries, 11 June 2016

Japanese Heron: photo by Mark Dries, 13 June 2016

Japanese Heron: photo by Mark Dries, 13 June 2016

Caricature

Sonnet with a Caricature: Michelangelo Buonnaroti, 1510, pen and brown ink, 283 x 200 mm (Casa Buonarroti, Florence)

Chop Chop (Gardena, California): photo by michaelj1998, 1 June 2016

Chop Chop (Gardena, California): photo by michaelj1998, 1 June 2016

Chop Chop (Gardena, California): photo by michaelj1998, 1 June 2016