Loaded Quivers

…Produces MONSTERS.

These words are the actual title to the art piece to this post, the artist is Francisco Jose’ de Goya y Lucientes of Fuendetodos,Spain. Goya was, most likely, not a MOOR, (one of Arabian-Afro-Spanish genetics.), but his vision on canvas is perfect for this post.

The first article produced here was the “BRONZEVILLE BLOG”, an offering to the people of the neighborhood that I reside in. This was to be a ‘VEHICLE’ for young and old alike to whisper, speak or YELL what they had on their minds to whoever should be listening… council members who these folks mainly see just before an election. Or to show their gossamer condolences for some tragedy that found its way on the “news” that made a reflection on their office and its policies. It’s been almost a month since I opened up my electronic arena to let in the various local gladiators to thrust their pointed perceptions into the bloated governmental gullets that let these people’s homes burn due to the city’s letting the neighborhood infrastructure have its footers crumble, letting the water system languish to an old man’s passing water. Columbus, Ohio “fixed” the old sewer ’services’ with a 2.5BILLION DOLLAR government loan, yet firefighters have “POOR” hose pressure in the ‘unserved by the new fixins’ system. There are so many “out-of-sorts” things here, while our African-American Mayor tells these “gullible field laborers” that the new ‘THEE-A-TOR’ will bring a new “PROSPERITY” to the area. ( At around 9:20 p.m., Sunday July 13, 2008 I was walking to get cigarettes at the local shop when I noticed the security lights & “peeper” warning system had activated, the Lincoln Theatre sits one quarter city block away from the new city Police sub-station. Two men were in the soon to open coffee shop finalizing business in the substation’s ground floor front … NOBODY had NOTICED NOR REPORTED that there was something AMISS with the ANCHOR of their, new to be harvesting, BREAD and BUTTER !?!)

It’s actually no more work for me to place a witnessed, or “been through”, group of words here for GOOGLE to archive, but that isn’t the reason for opening the ‘Quiver’. The intention was for a COMMUNAL MENTAL ARMORY, a place that gave the neighborhood a CHORUS, instead of the minuscule handful tricklings allowed at the weekly, Monday evening, City Council “Meetings”. BUT… this IS to be USED by someones other than me, other than my inaccuracies of neighborhood OBSERVATION, INSIGHT or VISIONS.

BUT YET… THEY SLEEP, SURROUNDED by the monsters. THEIRS, as well as the IMPORTED.

And, there is a special thank you to one Dr. Jesse Kally-Williams of Zurich, Switzerland who through the Chicago Tribune on April third of this year re-enlightened me to Senjor Goya’s work.