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| Walt Whitman, colorized by Dana Keller |
These colorized photos are eerie. They give us the impression of being modern day, but all other visual and background information tells us they are from another era altogether. There is art in this process for jarring us, if only moderately, into an alternative perception of reality.
I was tweeting with hockey friends tonight, and one of them said the following, in reference to Jonathan Toews, the standout captain of the Chicago Blackhawks:
@PlayDagger4Me @krechy85 @pnayder @Caraw88 Oh, Captain, my Captain... Walt Whitman ;P
— sportsPond53 (@sportsPond53) May 15, 2014
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O Captain! My Captain is the breathtaking poem Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) wrote about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The brilliant 1989 film `Dead Poets Society not only alludes to it, but also anchors its theme on the pivotal role Lincoln played in emancipating the slaves.
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