Thursday, April 16, 2009

Mark Rothko Untitled 1960

Mark Rothko Untitled 1960Mark Rothko Violet Green and RedMark Rothko Green Red on Orange
it had been a wrench. It had been upsetting. You never forgot your first believer. They gave you shape.
Tortoises are not well equipped for cross-country navigation. They need longer legs or shallower ditches.
Om estimated that he was doing less than a fifth of a mile an hour in a direct line, and the Citadel was at least twenty miles away. them until the juice covered his head, but it didn't make a lot of difference.
And then there was nightfall. Nights here weren't as cold as the desert, but they weren't as warm as the day. He'd slow down at night as his blood cooled. He wouldn't be able to think as fast. Or walk as fast.
He was losing heat already. Heat meant speed.
He pulled himself up on to an anthill-
"You're going to die! You're going to die!"Occasionally he made good time between the trees in an olive grove, but that was more than pulled back by rocky ground and field walls.All the time, as his legs whirred, Brutha's thoughts buzzed in his head like a distant bee.He tried shouting in his mind again."What've you got? He's got an army! You've got an army? How many divisions have you got?"But thoughts like that needed energy, and there was a limit to the amount of energy available in one tortoise. He found a bunch of fallen grapes and gobbled

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