Whilst true Richard, D-Day is synonymous with The Battle of Normandy. Therefore it is not incorrect for it to be referred to as so. The capitalization should give away which context is in use.
Well, by way of commemorating D-Day, I thought I\’d try and symbolise what D-Day means to me, or rather, what springs to my mind when I think of D-Day. It\’s simply a beach.
Clifford Longley, on this morning\’s Thought for the Day, summed up perfectly what I was trying to evoke (I think :
bq. \’A beach, a place where land meets sea, is itself a metaphor for that mysterious sense of precarious edginess you get in the presence of great danger, of being on the brink of an abyss.\’
Use your imagination. For me it\’s the view the German Soldier had from his bunker overlooking the sea and the beach. Admittedly you got the colours the wrong way around, but that\’s where reason starts to question the imagination.
Glad you saw it that way Richard. I had intended for the brighter strip in the middle to be the sand. But then I realised that, as you say, the darker strip below could be sand and, as the viewer, you\’re looking out to sea. I was quite pleased with that accidental ambiguity; as it puts you on both sides.
The allies may have been fighting inhuman evil oppressors in form of Hitler et al. But I\’m sure the front line soldiers were very human, finding themselves in the situation of kill or be killed.
Amazing is the human capacity for self destruction.
9:19 pm on 6 June 2004 :::
Richard Hyett Says:D-day. The unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or is to commence
2:52 pm on 7 June 2004 :::
Tommy Says:Whilst true Richard, D-Day is synonymous with The Battle of Normandy. Therefore it is not incorrect for it to be referred to as so. The capitalization should give away which context is in use.
3:24 pm on 7 June 2004 :::
Phil Says:Er… can you explain the graphic please?
10:09 pm on 7 June 2004 :::
Richard Hyett Says:They could I suppose, knowing the military have called it B-Day
10:51 pm on 7 June 2004 :::
Matt Says:_Er? can you explain the graphic please?_
Well, by way of commemorating D-Day, I thought I\’d try and symbolise what D-Day means to me, or rather, what springs to my mind when I think of D-Day. It\’s simply a beach.
Clifford Longley, on this morning\’s Thought for the Day, summed up perfectly what I was trying to evoke (I think
:
bq. \’A beach, a place where land meets sea, is itself a metaphor for that mysterious sense of precarious edginess you get in the presence of great danger, of being on the brink of an abyss.\’
\”Here\’s the full transcript\”:http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/thought/documents/t20040607.shtml
10:19 am on 8 June 2004 :::
Phil Says:_It?s simply a beach._
Ah. I guess it\’s been too long since I saw one
4:13 pm on 9 June 2004 :::
Richard Hyett Says:Use your imagination. For me it\’s the view the German Soldier had from his bunker overlooking the sea and the beach. Admittedly you got the colours the wrong way around, but that\’s where reason starts to question the imagination.
5:29 pm on 9 June 2004 :::
Matt Says:Glad you saw it that way Richard. I had intended for the brighter strip in the middle to be the sand. But then I realised that, as you say, the darker strip below could be sand and, as the viewer, you\’re looking out to sea. I was quite pleased with that accidental ambiguity; as it puts you on both sides.
The allies may have been fighting inhuman evil oppressors in form of Hitler et al. But I\’m sure the front line soldiers were very human, finding themselves in the situation of kill or be killed.
Amazing is the human capacity for self destruction.