Dennis Hollingsworth

Rest In Peace

"But you can only experience fear for so long; eventually, you want to fight back. How dare these bearded maniacs threaten all that we value and hold dear! My country was at war, and I wanted to participate in the conflict ? as a patriot, and as someone seeking a way to strike back against the terrorists. But when the United States. invaded Afghanistan, I dithered, unsure of how to make the transition from art journalism to combat journalism. At the same time, though, I felt the pressure of events ? history was in the making, huge forces were locked in life and death issues that would change the course of the world. Who wouldn?t want to be part of that? When my artist friend Steve Mumford left New York for Iraq in April 2003, I knew I had to either act on my ?moral fervor? or regret my timidity for the rest of my life. Fortunately I acted, traveling to Iraq in the fall of 2003, and the winter-spring of 2004."

A moving tribute here..

This, a tip of a huge blog-topic-iceberg, a continental sized berg, a violent wormhole into another universe (Theo Van Gogh for example) this world wide civil war and all that this implies.

Huge. Another life almost.

Dither indeed...