Pictures, Podcasts, and Penseés: Episode 8

Welcome back to another installment of Pictures, Podcasts, and Penseés, the blog posts I've written in order to not have to think about writing blog posts. Each one contains a picture taken by me, a link to an episode of a podcast I love, and a quote from Blaise Pascal's Penseés. Enjoy!

Picture

This was an art installation I saw at Christ Church in Oxford. I'm ashamed that I didn't record the name of the piece or the artist, but what you're looking at are flowers sitting in a field of machine gun shells. It was beautifully powerful.

Podcast

Welcome to Night Vale: Parade Day

Find it on iTunes, listen to it on SoundCloud by clicking here, or click play on the video below.

This is an episode that does dig into the serialized plot that Night Vale had in its second year, but it is so powerful. The setup, if you haven't listened and don't mind *****SPOILERS***** is that StrexCorps, a corporation that has taken over nearby Desert Bluffs, has moved into Night Vale and the citizens are looking for a way to rebel, a rebellion that the narrator, Cecil, is in full support of. The post-weather speech is one of the most moving things I've ever listened to.

Penseé

[81] It is natural for the mind to believe, and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false.