http://www.flickr.com/photos/anomalous/tags/klausnomi/ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:08:57 -0800 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:08:57 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5163/buddyicons/27078965@N00.jpg?1292486046#27078965@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/anomalous/tags/klausnomi/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/anomalous/392124784/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/anomalous/">AnomalousNYC</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anomalous/392124784/" title="O thou, dear saint, thy scars all healed, white-robed, in glory crowned"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/164/392124784_df0bcfc481_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="O thou, dear saint, thy scars all healed, white-robed, in glory crowned" /></a></p> <p>A shrine to one of the more radiant of my neighborhood's fallen saints, Klaus Nomi, saviour of the human race..<br /> <br /> <a href="http://perso.orange.fr/klaus.nomi/history.html" rel="nofollow">Nomi Site</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.unosunosyunosceros.com/tRibuTO/Nomi.swf" rel="nofollow">interactive tribute</a><br /> <br /> Our life is ours to use, and we that debt must pay. <br /> What life is this men love? An idle, empty dream, <br /> Where nothing can endure,—where all things only seem. <br /> Death ends their every joy which fickle Fortune leaves, <br /> They gain a royal throne to learn how pomp deceives; <br /> They gather wealth that men may envy their estate, <br /> They clear a path by blood, so envy turns to hate. <br /> Such vast ambition mine as Cæsar never knew,— <br /> Death bounds it not, for death is but its servant true. <br /> Peace that the world ne’er gave, and cannot take away,— <br /> That peace, dear friend, is mine, mine wholly, mine for aye! <br /> Nor time, nor fate, nor chance, nor cruel war, <br /> Can touch this peace, or this my kingdom mar. <br /> Is this poor life—the creature of a day— <br /> For endless peace too great a price to pay? <br /> -- <i>Corneille, Polyeucte, Avt IV</i></p> Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:08:57 -0800 2006-01-28T13:46:04-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (AnomalousNYC) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/392124784 40.727486 -73.982791 40.727486 -73.982791 55864586 O thou, dear saint, thy scars all healed, white-robed, in glory crowned <p>A shrine to one of the more radiant of my neighborhood's fallen saints, Klaus Nomi, saviour of the human race..<br /> <br /> <a href="http://perso.orange.fr/klaus.nomi/history.html" rel="nofollow">Nomi Site</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.unosunosyunosceros.com/tRibuTO/Nomi.swf" rel="nofollow">interactive tribute</a><br /> <br /> Our life is ours to use, and we that debt must pay. <br /> What life is this men love? An idle, empty dream, <br /> Where nothing can endure,—where all things only seem. <br /> Death ends their every joy which fickle Fortune leaves, <br /> They gain a royal throne to learn how pomp deceives; <br /> They gather wealth that men may envy their estate, <br /> They clear a path by blood, so envy turns to hate. <br /> Such vast ambition mine as Cæsar never knew,— <br /> Death bounds it not, for death is but its servant true. <br /> Peace that the world ne’er gave, and cannot take away,— <br /> That peace, dear friend, is mine, mine wholly, mine for aye! <br /> Nor time, nor fate, nor chance, nor cruel war, <br /> Can touch this peace, or this my kingdom mar. <br /> Is this poor life—the creature of a day— <br /> For endless peace too great a price to pay? <br /> -- <i>Corneille, Polyeucte, Avt IV</i></p> AnomalousNYC graffiti aids mementomori extraterrestrial klausnomi anomalous rememberme anomalousnyc myfavoritemartian saviourofthehumanrace forgetmyfate dingdongthemerryosingithighsingitlow