(Discussion of a Greek temple:)

Standing there, the building rests on the rocky ground. This resting of the work draws up out of the rock the mystery of that rock's clumsy yet spontaneous support. Standing there, the building holds its ground against the storm raging above it and so first makes the storm itself manifest in its violence. The luster and gleam of the stone, though itself apparently glowing only by the grace of the sun, yet first brings to light the light of the day, the breadth of the sky, the darkness of the night. The temple's firm towering makes visible the invisible space of air. The steadfastness of the work contrasts with the surge of the surf, and its own repose brings out the raging of the sea. Tree and grass, eagle and bull, snake and cricket first enter into their distinctive shapes and thus come to appear as what they are. The Greeks early called this emerging and rising in itself and in all things phusis. It clears and illuminates, also, that on which and in which man bases his dwelling. We call this ground the earth.

- Heidegger, from The Origin of the Work of Art.

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Indeed, one of authority's most insidious effects may well be to confine definitions of resistance to only those that appear to oppose it directly, in the open, where it can be made and seen to fail.

- Steve Pile, Introduction to Geographies of Resistance.

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There is great chaos under heaven – the situation is excellent.
- Mao.

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From Globe and Mail photo montage: by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters -- "Anti-government protesters take part in Friday prayers at Tahrir Square in Cairo February 4, 2011." Click for full picture.

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"Detroit in ruins" - a series of photographs including the one below

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