Excellent composition!

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Thank you, William!

Thank you, Françoise.

You are so right Dodo. Brilliantly composed.

Thank you, darling!
Where would I be without your moral support? ;-)

Kipling was deeply changed, devastated and bitter after his son dissapeared. His son was one of those many made to advance utterly pointlessly into machine gun fire at Loos.

That anti-establishment anger rarely finds itself commemorated now.

Unfortunately what survives and lingers (ad nauseam, alas...) is the racist,empire-lover, jingoistic "white-man-burden"ista. Some mistakes are hard to outlive. He should have thought twice before opening his big patrician gob.
Nice to have you back.

It's pretty curious to me that the most warlike leaders are the ones who demand non-violent protests against their schemes. As in any one-side, dysfunctional relationship, they demand a particular response, but never respect those who they demand it from.

Really fine work here, dolores. It's hard to go wrong with red and black. Vaguely related: are you a fan of Mendez by any chance? (link)

Re. "leaders". Bullies one and all, that's what they are. I'd like to see bullying classified as a mental illness, as it is that, instead of say, mere sadness (now re-classified as clinical depression and ergo warranting antidepressants :-) )
Re Red & Black. Agreed. I get through periods when, lefty to myself, I'd do nothing else but R&B doodles.
Re. Mendez. Much to my shame, never even heard of him. I do now, though. Duly noted and 2b explored.
And that's two I kind I feel I owe you. The other one was the Japanese "stacked" royal dolls. Checked them and one thing led to another and ended in the divine Kokeshi dolls. Working on one right now. It'll be for you. There. :-)
Have a grand weekend.

I only heard of him about three years ago myself, despite my art-fart background. I think I was reading a glossy mag in a Midwestern U.S. airport, of all things and there he was.

Serendipity, or synchronicity, or mere plain fluke are all wonderful things. ;-)