Like water for ice

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Dave Bonta
This entry is part 12 of 16 in the series Postcards from a Conquistador

Pome: 'The women there gave their love away as if it were water. The next morning we made them take baptism. Every time the priest mentioned love, he raised his eyes toward the only heaven he knew.'

(See the photo minus the words here.)

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9 Responses to Like water for ice

  1. bev says:
    January 7, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Just on its own, that’s one heck of a stunning photo.
    Add the words and it’s quite a composition.
    I particularly like the white words floating
    among the spaces between the icy canes.

  2. marja-leena says:
    January 7, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    Amazing image! A chilling suggestion that their love turned to ice.

  3. TR says:
    January 8, 2009 at 3:11 am

    Wow Dave – what a find. Finding your blog, alone, has made hosting IATB 91 all worth it. How have I missed this?

  4. Lady P says:
    January 8, 2009 at 5:17 am

    Ah yes. Superb. Absolutely superb. Particularly the confusion of sex with love. There ought to be a term for that like “pathetic fallacy”. Maybe “pathetic phallusy”.

  5. Sherry Chandler says:
    January 8, 2009 at 9:53 am

    Yep, they get better and better and better.

  6. Dave says:
    January 8, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    Thanks, all. “Pathetic phallusy” is great – deserves to catch on for sure!

    This postcard turned out OK, I guess, but when I was waking up this morning it occurred to me that I might’ve moved it up to the present day, and instead of the Church picked on water privitization schemes – a very conquistadorial thing, I think. Well, maybe I can tackle that some other time.

  7. TR says:
    January 8, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    reminds me of old favorite book “like water for chocolate”.

  8. Michelle says:
    January 10, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    You’re a talented man.

  9. christine says:
    January 12, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    Stunning photo and poem, Dave. Michelle is raving about this series. I’ll be looking at the others too.