The Revolution will not be plagiarized.
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HOT PINK · · · SKY BLUE
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O Emmanuel, you are our king and judge, the One whom the peoples await and their Savior. O come and save us, Lord, our God.
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O King whom all the peoples desire, you are the cornerstone which makes all one. O come and save man whom you made from clay.
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O Rising Sun, you are the splendor of eternal light and the sun of justice. O come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
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O key of David and scepter of Israel, what you open no one else can close again; what you close no one can open. O come to lead the captive from prison; free those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
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O stock of Jesse, you stand as a signal for the nations; kings fall silent before you whom the peoples acclaim. O come to deliver us, and do not delay.
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O Adonai and leader of Israel, you appeared to Moses in a burning bush and you gave him the Law on Sinai. O come and save us with your mighty power.
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O Wisdom, you come forth from the mouth of the Most High. You fill the universe and hold all things together in a strong yet gentle manner. O come to teach us the way of truth.
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The antiphons were composed in the seventh or eighth century when monks put together texts from the Old Testament which looked forward to the coming of our salvation. They form a rich mosaic of scriptural images. These seven verses, or antiphons as they are called, appear to be the originals although from time to time other texts were used. They became very popular in the Middle Ages. While the monastic choirs sang the antiphons the great bells of the church were rung.
A curious feature of these antiphons is that the first letter of each invocation may be taken from the Latin to form an acrostic in reverse.
So the first letters of Sapientia, Adonai, Radix, Clavis, Oriens, Rex, and Emmanuel, provide the Latin words: ERO CRAS . The phrase spells out the response of Christ himself to the heartfelt prayer of his people: "Tomorrow I will be there".
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(and of course, America doesn't give a shit, as it was all over the BBC's Europe section, but buried three pages deep in the International Section of the New York Times website)
Outside:
Inside:
Inside pre-renovation:
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THE DON ... ... ... ... ... vs. ... ... ... ... ... THE ROCK
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MAYOR'S RESPECT HITS ROCK WALL
I would like to personally thank Mayor Don Williamson for his crackdown on graffiti across the city. It is because of his tireless effort that tradition can finally be outlawed and a wonderful new background for "tags" can be made. It is important that we allow those who would make our city look worse the advantage of a plain brown background so their wonderful art form can really pop!
Is this the kind of leadership we can expect? I grew up in Flint and have seen its lack of tradition. "The rock" on 12th and Hammerberg was one of those few traditions. It has now been outlawed. It shows the true lack of understanding and respect our mayor has. People would drive by just to see what was on it that day. Groups would get together and spend the day painting it for something they cared about. It was done in the spirit of fun and tradition.
The mayor didn't even bother to ask us what it meant to us, to our past and future generations. That was a place of happiness. He has labeled our tradition as a crime. Wonderful leadership.
Emerson Jones
'ROCK' DECISION A BAD ONE
I'd like to congratulate Mayor Don Williamson on his bold initiative to fine people for painting "the rock" at Hammerberg and 12th, an activity that has gone on as long as I can remember.
Now instead of the occasional gang symbols that get painted on "the rock" and then get painted over within a few hours, we get to look at gang symbols on "the rock" for days on end as the law-abiding citizens are too afraid to cover them up.
Scott Bland
FLINT - Somewhere in the area, someone named Dorothy is celebrating a birthday.
It says so on "the rock," where a "Happy 70th Dorothy" message was written in gold spray-paint - one of many messages visible Tuesday on the concrete block at Hammerberg Road and 12th Street.
In fact, a month after the city coated it with brown paint and threatened to fine anyone who painted on it, the rock is being used as it has for decades - as Flint's unofficial community billboard.
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from the Black Box Underground website:
Marcy Sheldon, Annie Hartranft, Josh Aldred, Lindsay Crawford, Victor Galea, Elizabeth Jordan and Tony Du give a cheer after painting the "block" graduation, 1999.
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