Paris, 1

[tamaranth]

No one wants to look at 300-odd photos from the last few weeks. Instead, I'll present a Series, with 100-word explanations. Expect a lot of Tombs.

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Napoleon's tomb is made of red porphyry. It's huge, and looks like the sort of plastic that's meant to look like wood. He was not a tall man: he could be standing upright, in there. All Europe feared this man: he changed the world. Whole rooms, upstairs in Les Invalides, are full of his effects. His dog (stuffed), his horse (stuffed), his carpet, his handkerchief, clippings of his hair.
People stand, backs turned on the ugly tomb, studying the marble frieze of Napoleon's accomplishments. There's a bouquet of wilting flowers there on the inlaid marble floor, still wrapped in cellophane.

Comments

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

You are a MINE of useful information, my dear.

Looks very smoothly textured for an igneous rock. Interesting.

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

shakes mine... normally it's use*less* info ;-)