I Made Another Thing Today:

[capri0mni]

[Image description: vertically arranged word art, divided vertically slightly above the midpoint with the image of an open book, viewed on-end.

The top portion of the image has black and brick red text on a gold field, reading (quote): “Whenever a new regime comes to power, Historians are commissioned, to tell the world that All is Well. We know this. And we forget: the history that gets written is not just of the Battle most Recently Won, but of all the battles that have Ever Been Fought.” (unquote).

The bottom portion of the image has gold and white text on a brick red field, reading (quote): “Some will say your struggle is foolish, that your Oppression is ancient - a Law of Nature - and, therefore, Right. “Just look at History,” they’ll say. But that history was fashioned as a Weapon. So gird your mind with all the stories: the legends, jokes, and fairy tales - all the foolish stories they want you want you to Ignore.” (unquote) [description ends]

I guess there's a size image on embedded images... If you click through and zoom, you can read it scrolling. Might be excessive, but I felt like indulging in Pretty, after this last week. :-/

Comments

[alatefeline]

This is excellent.

[capri0mni]

Thank you!

[alatefeline]

*purrr*

[capri0mni]

*scritch*

[alatefeline]

*purrrRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrr*

[pebblerocker]

Thank you. I needed this, after this week.

[capri0mni]

Yes.

So did I. That's why I put off all my adulting tasks for the last 3 days, and worked on this, instead. ;-)

[davidgillon]

Very timely, we're facing a lot of people here insisting the Brexit vote means we all have to get behind it now. Ah, no.

[capri0mni]

Ah, yes. When "coming together for the sake of the Nation" means "Smile, and tug your forelock, and don't complain."

What disgusts me most is all the post-Brexit rhetoric on the news has been: if the stock markets go back up, that'll prove it was the right decision, after all." While English P.O.C. and the Disabled are living in greater fear of being attacked.

No. No. And again: NO!

[susanreads]

It is pretty. Are they your own words? It reminds me of things we know really happened that are edited out - "We have always fought", Black people in medieval Europe, etc.

You've got some extra words at the end of the description - on the image it says "stories they want to Ignore".

[capri0mni]

Yes, they are my words. There have been so many versions of "History is written by the winners," and so few solid attributions, I wanted to get it into words I could be sure of.

And no... I didn't put an extra word in the description. I left a word out of the image.

*facepalm."

[untonuggan]

ooo, i like this!

[capri0mni]

Thank you.

Though I haven't uploaded the fixed graphic to Flick'r, yet; NB: follow the wording in the image description for my original intent.