TOM CLARK: Carnival of Souls ("After suffering is deliverance") / The man behind the velvet rope / Brecht: On Painting and the Painter / Child soldiers

An Indian woman reacts to camera as she works at a brick kiln with her face covered to protect from dust on the eve of International Women's Day in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2017.: photo by Mahesh Kumar A., 7 March 2017

#19 [Bangkok]: photo by Sakulchai Sititikul, 16 November 2016

[Untitled, Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sititikul, 28 January 2017

2017-03-02_09-09-46 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 24 February 2017

Iraqi civilians flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces were fighting their way through a government complex in the heart of western Mosul after storming the buildings in an overnight raid, and were facing fierce counterattacks Tuesday from the Islamic State group.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 7 March 2017

Afghans wait to enter Afghanistan at Pakistan's Torkham border post, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Thousands of Afghans gathered at the Pakistani border to return home on Tuesday as Pakistan temporarily reopened two main crossings that had been closed last month after a wave of militant attacks.: photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP, 7 March 2017

Pakistani security personnel check Afghan nationals as they prepare to leave to Afghanistan, at Pakistan's Torkham border, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Thousands of Afghans gathered at the Pakistani border to return home on Tuesday as Pakistan temporarily reopened two main crossings that had been closed last month after a wave of militant attacks.: photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP, 7 March 2017

An elderly woman malnourished at the IDP camp in Baidoa, Somalia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, where the drought is severe. Visibly shocked by the suffering of malnourished Somalis and cholera victims during an emergency visit, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged international support to alleviate Somalia's worsening hunger crisis.: photo by Khaled Kazziha/AP, 7 March 2017

Flames silhouette a windmill on the prairie north of Protection, Ks. early Tuesday morning as a raging wildfire swept by winds up to 50 mph burned thousands of acres across southern and central Kansas.: photo by Bo Rader, The Wichita Eagle via AP, 7 March 2017

A man walks along the street as a building stands in the afternoon sunlight, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Burbank, Calif.: photo by Jae C. Hong/AP, 7 March 2017

A street performer dressed as an angel holds still, waiting to move only when a pedestrian tips him, as another rests on the ground behind him at the Plaza de Armas in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The downtown square is the capital's center, hosting municipal offices, the Cathedral, the post office and colorful personalities from artists to street preachers.: photo by Esteban Felix/AP, 7 March 2017

Models wear creations for Chanel's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in Paris.: photo by Francois Mori/AP, 7 March 2017

Iraqi federal policemen open the road towards the government complex as Iraqi security forces advance during fighting against Islamic State militants in Dawasa neighborhood in western Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces were fighting their way through a government complex in the heart of western Mosul after storming the buildings in an overnight raid, and were facing fierce counterattacks Tuesday from the Islamic State group.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 7 March 2017

He-e-e-re's Donnie!

@POTUS greets White House tour guests as the White House reopens tours to the public. #Tours: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 7 March 2017

After waving from behind a velvet rope, President Donald Trump emerges to greet visitors touring the White House in Washington, March 7, 2017. #APPhoto by @evanvucci: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 7 March 2017

HHS Secretary Dr. Price compares size of #ObamaCare, right, to House GOP Health Care Bill, left, @ the WH. @PressSec #Trumpcare #HHSGov.: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 7 March 2017

Vice President PenceVerified account @VP

My message to GOP Senate: If you like ObamaCare, you can keep it, but people want change and fact is ObamaCare must go.
Olivier Knox Retweeted Vice President Pence
Olivier Knox added,
So VP Pence will cast opposition to this specific bill as a vote to keep Obamacare? Things got real, real fast.
image via Olivier Knox @OKnox, 7 March 2017

Jordan RudnerVerified account @jrud
Put this picture in a museum to help explain what it was like to be alive in 2017
Reading The Pictures Retweeted Jordan Rudner

Reading The Pictures added,

As the tour is First Lady turf, this photo – with it auspicious background – is one more #Trump gender/power telegraph #sweptundertherug
image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThepix, 7 March 2017

Brecht: On Painting and the Painter, from The Book of Twists and Turns (“Are they at least the feelings about the terrible situation of the barge-hauler?”)

just another day. be grateful for what you have. [homeless workers, Chittagong, Bangladesh]: photo by amir hamja, 19 May 2016

Bertolt Brecht: On Painting and the Painter

To Me-ti as a young painter, whose father and brothers were barge-haulers. There ensued the following conversation: “I don’t see your father, the barge-hauler, in your pictures.” “Should I only paint my father?” “No, there could be other barge-haulers, but I don’t see any of them in your pictures.” “Why does it have to be barge-haulers? Aren’t there other things?” “Sure, but I also don’t see other people who work a lot and get paid very little in your pictures.” “Can’t I paint what I want?” “Sure, but what do you want? The barge-haulers are in a terrible situation, one wants to help them or should want to help, and you know the situation, you can draw, and yet you draw sunflowers! Is that excusable?” “I don’t draw sunflowers, I draw lines and patches and the feelings I sometimes have.” “Are they at least the feelings about the terrible situation of the barge-hauler?” “Maybe.” “You have forgotten them and now you only remember your feelings?” “I participate in the development of painting.” “Not in the development of the barge-hauler?” “As a human being I’m in the Association of Mi-en-leh, which wants to eliminate exploitation and oppression, but as a painter I develop the forms of painting.” “That’s like saying: as a chef I poison the food, but as a man I buy medicine. The situation of the barge-hauler is so awful, because they cannot wait. While your painting develops, they are starving. You are their messenger and you take too long to learn how to speak. You feel something general [Allgemeines], but the barge-haulers who have sent you for help, feel something specific [Besonderes], namely hunger. You know what we don’t know, and share with us, what we know. What does this mean: you learn to operate ink and brush when you have nothing specific [bestimmtes] in mind? You only find it difficult to operate ink and brush when something specific [Bestimmtes] should be expressed with them. The exploiters are speaking of a thousand things, but the exploited speak of exploitation. You erstwhile barge-hauler!”

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956): On Painting and the Painter, English version by Todd Cronan, from Me-ti, or The Book of Twists and Turns (posthumously published from fragmentary materials, 1965)

"After suffering is deliverance"

Museum worker Monica Alcantara adjusts the hair on a wax replica of U.S. President Donald Trump at the Wax Museum in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. The wax figure of Trump went on display the day of his inauguration, Jan. 20, and currently stands next to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the museum's entrance.: photo by (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell/AP, 1 February 2017

American pro wrestler Sam Polinsky aka Sam Adonis takes the ring at Arena Mexico waving an American flag emblazoned with a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump, in Mexico City, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. He's the guy Mexicans love to hate: The wrestler has become a sensation in Mexico City by adopting the ring persona of a flamboyant Trump supporter.: photo by Eduardo Verdugo/AP, 12 February 2017

A protester dressed as a diabolical version of Uncle Sam holds a suitcase full of money at the U.S. border fence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017.: photo by Christian Torres/AP, 26 February 2017

Eric Peralta loads stalks of harvested corn on his wagon in San Salvador Atenco, México, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Peralta's land is right next to Mexico City's future airport which is expected to be ready by mid-2020.: photo Marco Ugarte/AP, 1 February 2017

In this Jan. 20, 2017 photo, people pray for peace as they face Alcacuz prison in Nisia Floresta, near Natal, Brazil. Authorities acknowledge that Alcacuz is beyond saving. Rio Grande do Norte state Gov. Robinson Faria has announced it will close, though only after three new prisons are ready. In the meantime, an emergency force of corrections agents has been sent in to establish order and repair the damaged facility.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 20 January 2017

This Feb. 2, 2017 photo shows Maracana stadium's dry playing field in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium was renovated for the 2014 World Cup at a cost of about $500 million, and largely abandoned after the Olympics and Paralympics, then hit by vandals who ripped out thousands of seats and stole televisions.: photo by Mario Lobao/AP, 2 February 2017

Children dressed as clowns wait to dance for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, from India, as he visits the school "Casa Esperanza," or Hope Home, in Boquete, Panama, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Satyarthi is in Panama at the invitation of the first lady Lorena Castillo de Varela who is working in eradicate child labor. Casa Esperanza, which offers fee education to the children of poor, mostly hired farm hands, say they have rescued more than 30,000 children from child labor since 1992.: photo by Arnulfo Franco/AP, 7 February 2017

Demonstrators holding fireworks as weapons stand behind a barricade during clashes with police as they protest the state government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. The protesters are denouncing a proposal to privatize the state's water and sewage company.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 9 February 2017

In this Jan. 18, 2017 photo, tugboat Captain Antonio Wray guides the Ever Living, a Neo-Panamax cargo ship, through the Cocoli locks that are part of the new Panama Canal expansion project in Cocoli, Panama. Before the canal opened in late June 2016, tugboat pilots expressed concern about what they said was insufficient training for new maneuvers that are now required.: photo by Arnulfo Franco/AP, 18 January 2017

A woman cries near the coffin containing the body of a relative who died at the country's largest prison in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Feb. 21, 2017. Relatives wailed in grief or stared stoically as flowers were placed on 20 caskets at a mass funeral for the latest group of inmates who died miserably in Haiti's largest prison, most without ever having been convicted of any crime.: photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP, 21 February 2017

A reveler wearing a wonder woman costume sits at a bar during carnival festivities at the Cidade de Deus, or "City of God" slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 27 February 2017

The rear windshield of a vehicle is held together by a transparent film with an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, after being struck by a couple of bullets in Culiacan, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. The Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that several suspects and a Mexican marine died in an early morning clash after heavily armed men attacked the marines while on patrol in the city.: photo by Rashide Frias/AP, 7 February 2017

In this Thursday, Feb 9, 2017 photo, Nelson Eduardo Conclaves lies in a pool of blood as a neighbor stands over him in Vitoria, Espirito Santo state, Brazil. According to his mother Erlita Pereira Goncalves, her 30-year-old son was shot dead by attackers who broke into their home and killed him in front of her.: photo by Diego Herculano/AP, 9 February 201

Dancers eat lunch during a break from performing at the Virgin of Candelaria celebrations in Puno, Peru, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dancers eat lunch during a break from performing at the Virgin of Candelaria celebrations in Puno, Peru, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 February 2017

In this Jan. 23, 2017 photo, Maria Jose de Souza reacts as she talks about her husband who died in a massacre inside Alcacuz prison in Natal, Brazil. A surviving inmate posted cellphone video of the carnage on WhatsApp, and Souza recognized a tattoo on the body of her beheaded husband. He had been in prison for three years for robbery and manslaughter, and was to be released in June.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 23 January 2017

A reveler wearing a unicorn mask enjoys the "Ceu na Terra" or Heaven on Earth street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. Merrymakers take to the streets in hundreds of open-air "bloco" parties during Rio's over-the-top Carnival, the highlight of the year for many.: photo by Leo Correa/AP, 25 February 2017

A riot police fires towards demonstrators during a protest against the state government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. The protesters are denouncing a proposal to privatize the state's water and sewage company.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 9 February 2017

In this Feb. 4, 2017 photo, a child holds a bowl of hot food as the Avila family has lunch at their home in Coata, a small village on the shore of Lake Titicaca in the Puno region of Peru. Lake Titicaca was once worshipped by Incas who proclaimed its deep blue waters the birthplace of the sun, but today high levels of mercury, cadmium, zinc and copper are found in the fish locals consume, according to a 2014 government study.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 4 February 2017

In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, a prisoner, too weak to stand, lies in the prison infirmary at the National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian prosecutors and rights activists are sounding an alarm about collapsing conditions at the impoverished country's prisons as malnutrition from acute food shortages and a slew of preventable illnesses are leading to an upsurge of inmate deaths.: photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP, 13 February 2017

This Feb. 13, 2017 photo shows the tattoos on the chest and abdomen of a prisoner incarcerated at the National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The tattoo on his chest reads in Haitian Creole: "After suffering is deliverance.": photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP, 13 February 2017

People break into a store during clashes with riot police at a protest against the state government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. The protesters are denouncing a proposal to privatize the state's water and sewage company.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 9 February 2017

A Carnival performer holds a mirror shard as she puts on lipstick in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Haiti's three-day Carnival festivities have brought rum-fueled parties, imaginative costumes and high-energy dance music to a southern city that's still recovering from last year's punishing Hurricane Matthew.: photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP, 28 February 2017

Costumed patients from the Nise da Silveira Mental Health Institute wait for the start of their Carnival parade, coined in Portuguese: "Loucura Suburbana," or Suburban Madness, in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Patients, their relatives and institute workers held their parade one day before the official start of Carnival.: photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP, 23 February 2017

Erlita Pereira Goncalves shows police and photographers the casings of bullets she said were used to kill her son Nelson Eduardo in Vitoria, Espirito Santo state, Brazil, Thursday, Feb 9, 2017. Goncalves said her 30-year-old son was shot dead by attackers who broke into their home and killed him in front of her.: photo by Diego Herculano/AP, 9 February 2017

A supporter of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise impersonates the new president, with a sign behind him that reads in Creole "Energy plus encouragement plus movement plus work" during Moise's inauguration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Moise was sworn-in as president for the next five years after a bruising two-year election cycle, inheriting a struggling economy and a deeply divided society.: photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP, 7 February 2017

Forensic medics investigate a crime scene where two people were shot dead by unidentified attackers in Culiacan, Mexico, late Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. More people have been killed in Sinaloa state, hours after several suspects and a marine died during a clash in the city.: photo by Rashide Frias/AP, 7 February 2016

A youth sells foam cans to revelers during the "Get out Temer" carnival street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Merrymakers took to the streets to protest Brazil's President Michel Temer.: photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP, 24 February 2017

A guest wearing a mask attends a traditional Carnival ball at the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. In stark contrast to the hundreds of hard-charging street parties across Rio that are open to anyone, the "Baile do Copa" bills itself as a fairytale event where the country's elite can see and be seen in a hotel known for both opulence and a lengthy tradition of welcoming world leaders and stars.: photo by Leo Correa/AP, 25 February 2017

Revelers take part in the "Guanabara Pearl" carnival street party at Paqueta island, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Merrymakers ferry cross Guanabara Bay to Paqueta island to participate in the "Guanabara Pearl" parade.: photo by Mauro Pimentel/AP, 18 February 2017

In this Feb. 2, 2017 photo, an inmate sits facing the wall at the end of a corridor between cells at the Monte Cristo agricultural penitentiary in Boa Vista, Brazil. Some prisoners serving time for lesser crimes were forced to participate in gang-driven slaughters that left at least 130 inmates dead in January at this jail, and one other.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 2 February 2017

Revelers attend the Ceu na Terra, or 'Heaven on Earth' carnival street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Merrymakers take to the streets in hundreds of open-air "bloco" parties ahead of Rio's over-the-top Carnival, the highlight of the year for many.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP. 18 February 2017

A masked demonstrator stands in front a bus as he blocks a street next to the Sambodrome during a protest against the state government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. The protesters are denouncing a proposal to privatize the state's water and sewage company.: photo by Leo Correa/AP, 20 February 2017

A performer from the Academicos do Grande Rio samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017.: photo by Mauro Pimentel/AP, 27 February 2017

Sludge fills the living room of a home, brought by the overflowing of the Estero San Jose River in San Alfonso, Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. Floods caused by Andean rainfall are causing havoc in parts of Chile, triggering landslides, cutting roads and isolating thousands of people.: photo by Esteban Felix/AP, 26 February 2017

A Quechua Indian watches a protest march against Bolivia's President Evo Morales, while a woman holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish; "Bolivia said no!" regarding a referendum ruling out his run for a fourth term, in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.: photo by Juan Karita/AP, 21 February 2017

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An injured woman is helped after a float of the first samba school crash during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A float in Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade crashed Sunday evening, and police said several people were injured. (AP Photo/Carlos Junior)

An injured woman is helped after a float of the first samba school crashed during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A float in Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade crashed Sunday evening, and police said several people were injured.: photo by Carlos Junior/AP, 26 February 2017

In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, some prisoners play dominoes, checkers or card games, during recreation time inside the National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Inmates, some waiting up to eight years to see a judge, try to keep their sanity by maintaining a daily routine of push-ups and lifting jugs filled with dirty water. Others play checkers or dominoes.: photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP, 13 February 2017

A Carnival performer is painted by his friends before the start of a parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tuesday's celebrations were the last major party day of Haiti's Carnival, a mixture of Catholic pre-Lenten festivities and African, Spanish and native cultures found throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.: photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP, 28 February 2017

In this Feb. 4, 2017 photo, Melinda Quispe walks on the trash strewn shore of Lake Titicaca, as she holds her dog, in her village Kapi Cruz Grande, in the Puno region of Peru. The governments of Peru and Bolivia signed a pact in January to spend more than $500 million to attack the pollution problem of Lake Titicaca, though the details were vague.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 4 February 2017

Child soldiers