And The Trumpet Will Sound No.1 (for Haiti) by sandra46
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This angel stands on a gate post together with his twin at the entrance of a graveyard in a small New Brunswick town, Canada. When I saw it the sky was something to remember. It was noon and it reminded me of some medieval stories about the Last Judgment. So I think it's a good image for what has happened in Haiti.
This country has been plagued not only by a violent tropical Nature, but, and mostly, by a history littered by a bad ruling class, perfidious dictators and 'presidents' exploiting religion and death squads with exotic names. It is this conflation which has transformed a natural event into a huge catastrophe. The title comes from an array of different Biblical sources; since I'm a non-believer, far from me to start a theological controversy.I cannot help remarking, however, that among the curses plaguing Haitians, there's Hollywood, which turned an extatic religion, voodoo, into a ridicule horror caricature. And that TV preacher who spoke of a deal with the devil shouldn't watch too many B-movies!
In English-speaking culture, the image of Gabriel as the angel that shall blow the trumpet blast that initiates the end of time and the general resurrection at the Last Judgment, which has no source in the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament,is a familiar trope. This might be influenced by the Norse sagas about the Gjallarhorn, alerting the Aesir to the onset of Ragnarok. Its first appearance in English is in John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), and can be found among others, in African-American spirituals. In a play based on spirituals, The Green Pastures (1930), Gabriel has his beloved trumpet constantly with him. 'Blow, Gabriel, Blow' was introduced in Cole Porter's Anything Goes (1934). The mathematical figure given the modern name 'Gabriel's Horn', was invented by Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647).
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (46)
flora-crassella
wonderful........
MagikUnicorn
Marvelous Dedication
Richardphotos
excellent work
ShadowsNTime
Beautiful capture Sandra, an awesome tribute to the people of Haiti. The disaster does have its miracle moments, some are still being found alive under all the collapsed buildings. Interesting history on Gabriel, thank you!
magnus073
This is such a breathtaking capture Sandra, you chose the perfect pov to give it the biggest impact
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend
Minda
excellent dedication sandra..and beautiful capture..
Faemike55
Very impressive shot and nice dedication
carlx
Fantastic dedication!!!
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!
Meisiekind
Most amazing capture and dedi!
csikigyopar
Beatiful...
renecyberdoc
fine words and i will try to put something on top,who kept these dictators in power???,(so long as they where good and pro western and not communists huh??),well i dont want to make myself enemies but i think you get my drift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brycek
Beautiful tribute!!
lucindawind
beauutiful dedication ~!
Miska7
Very nice scene and POV. Great capture!
lyron
Powerful image. Great shot!!!
bebert
superb !!
claude19
EXCELLENT a-propos...pourquoi s'occupe-t-on d'Haiti seulement maintenant ???
MOSKETON
FANTASTICA.
pwilkin
Awesome.
mgtcs
WOW....This is amazing, excellent and very creative tribute. God bless all those people!
bazza
Great capture and dedication well done Sandra..
tennesseecowgirl
This is incredibly touching..
wysiwig
I watched the news today and saw two separate rescues of Lia and Winnie, both two-year old girls. Three days buried, no food, no water, recovered unhurt. Perhaps there are miracles. Wonderful dedication and history Sandra.
myrrhluz
Beautiful image and dedication! Very interesting history. Hollywood has never really been very interested in getting facts right or in portraying any of the complexities of life. It is a business of entertainment. Unfortunately many TV preachers work under the same guidelines. That they are listened to and followed by a large amount of people is very disheartening.
decie
beautiful image excellent lighting and POV.
jmb007
belle dedicace,superbe photo!!
amota99517
This is a marvelous shot and your commentary most thought provoking. Excellent work all around.
mickeyrony
Cheer my Beautiful. It is a tribute of very good taste. Mercies for all these people in misery ((5++)) Bravo ma Belle . C'est un tribut de très bon goût . Mercis pour tous ces gens dans la misère ((5++))