The Beauty of
Crashing Planes
by
Humimal
A windswept field, a crowded cityscape,
the rolling ocean, or high mountaintops. All of these areas can hold a stark
natural radiance which can penetrate the soul, yet without a certain element
they can leave us cold. Natural beauty is nothing without human drama, and what
is more dramatic than the crashing of a plane?
From a Cessena Lite, with it's cheeky
near calorie free cargo, to the flesh guzzling might of a Boeing 747, plane
crashes are truly things of magic which can inspire us all; not just in an
isolated moment, but for the rest of our lives. Even a crowded New York harbour
or boring Parisian suburb can be transformed by the rain of twisted metal, skin,
and bone.
See the shaking of emotion as
eyewittnesses relate to their friends and collegues "I was on the TV, I was on
the TV". Marvel at the endlessly looped clips of amateur newsreel and try to
ignore the revitalising power of these images. The people who had cancelled
flights or luckily not stayed in that hotel are publicly lauded but privately
cursed. The more casualties the better, we should not have to rely on crushed
pets to arouse our emotional connection to this supreme work of natures
expression.
Artists existing Before Planes could
have only dreamt about true carnage as they stroked tedious landscapes onto
canvas. Matiesse, Gaugin, or Van Gough would have drooled spastically at the
thought of a plunging Airbus of Tupolev, gibbered at the blood and flame. Even
now some news editors publically masterbate wildly at the reception of blood
footage, and most admit to taking a 'private moment'.
"These pictures may make some
viewers physically ill" chant the newsreaders gleefully before blowing up and
magnifying and repeating. "So Doctor, do you think that this is really the sound
of human screams?... well supposing you were a medical doctor, what would you
think then?... but hypothetically?... could you describe the looks on their
faces, that would be great."
The miracle of
flight combined with the emotion of disaster is the ultimate beauty.
Horror, fear, anger; all these are provided by the plane crash. Whether big or
small, but lets face it the bigger the better, we must see all possible images
of this glorious construct of flesh and the elemental. Air, Fire,
Earth, and Water combine and explode in perfect harmony.
Pilots of the world reject
the joystick!
Air traffic controllers
leave your screens and turn your eyes to the sky above!
Passengers revel in
your bid to make the world a better place!
Let us unite under the beauty of the
crashing plane, let the skies be filled with flame and blood, let the news be
endless metal and flesh, let the planes feed on us like dogs upon the weak.
Let us be free.
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