Sunday . Time to do some bible- reading . Remember THE WRITING ON THE WALL @ Book of Daniel ( 5: 1-31 ) , where the mysterious words MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN appear on the wall of King Belshazzar’s frivolous Babylonian palace forecasting doom and downfall of his mundane Empire ? ( *** ) – - – The Art of Mural Painting is a loyal companion to the Traveller of Route 66 . Consisting mostly in ads and prop , MP ( as commisssioned works or as results of contests ) often mirrors a community’s self- concept or just individual desinvolture . Since “history” along The Mother Road doesn’t reach further than a hundred years , old heyday- pieces of Mural Painting are carefully preserved . Those Writings on the Wall which emerge in palimpsest- like layers are called GHOSTS .
Holbrook , AZ
Victorville , CA
Tucumcari , NM
Meteor Crater , AZ / 1
Meteor Crater , AZ / 2
Wilmington , IL
Barstow , CA
Holbrook , AZ
Holbrook , AZ ( detail )
El Reno , OK
Quapaw , OK
Springfield , MO ( detail )
Springfield , MO
Chicago , IL
Texola , OK
Texola , OK
Shamrock , TX
Shamrock , TX
Yukon , OK
Yukon , OK
Vinita , OK
Baxter Springs , KS
Virden , IL
Galena , KS
( *** ) The Main Verse 25 -28, in American Standard Version , and in the Luther Bible 1545 ( via BibleGateway )
And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. / This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end; / TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. / PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Das aber ist die Schrift, allda verzeichnet: Mene, mene, Tekel, U-pharsin. / Und sie bedeutet dies: Mene, das ist Gott hat dein Königreich gezählt und vollendet. / Tekel, das ist: man hat dich in einer Waage gewogen und zu leicht gefunden. / Peres, das ist: dein Königreich ist zerteilt und den Medern und Persern gegeben.
Schon so früh ‘on the road’ again?
Schöne Serie! Beste Wünsche zum WE
so früh schon, zurück nach Berlin gefragt,
beim sonntags- breakfast mit netz ? – freue mich über musikalische beifahrer, auch ausserhalb der (short-) listenplätze.