The account of the battle between David and Goliath is given in 1 Samuel, chapter 17:
Saul and the Israelites are facing the Philistines at Socoh in Judah. Twice a day for forty days Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, comes out between the lines and challenges the Israelites to send out a champion of their own to decide the outcome in single combat, but Saul and all the Israelites are afraid. David is present, bringing food for his elder brothers. When told that Saul has promised to reward any man who will defeat the Philistine champion, David declares he is not afraid. Saul reluctantly agrees and offers his armour, which David declines in favour of his sling and five stones taken from a brook.
David and Goliath confront each other, Goliath with his armour and shield-bearer, David with his staff and sling, "and the Philistine cursed David by his gods." But David replies: "This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down, and cut off your head; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you into our hand."
David then strikes Goliath in the head with a stone from his sling; the Philistine falls on his face to the ground. David seizes Goliath's sword and cuts off his head. The shocked Philistines flee and are pursued by the Israelites "as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron". David puts the armour of Goliath in his own tent, and takes the head to Jerusalem. Saul sends Abner to bring David before him, and the king asks whose son he is. "And David answered, 'I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite'."
...i know David is the one who looks like a giant here, and who is the decapitated one also... but the time has changed a lot since then...
or no?!...
...taken at the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain... sorry, i dont remeber the name of the artist who illustrated Michelangelo's David...
Strasbourg, France...
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You went back to what you knew
So far removed from all that we went through
And I tread a troubled track
My odds are stacked
I'll go back to black
We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to him
And I go back to black...
(Amy Winehouse)
...taken at the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain...
Strasbourg, France...
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Sometimes the situation of life forces the human beings to bend down against the harshness in the world and dance according the music that life plays for them.
In such a situation, you would be forced to do things that you may have never imagined of doing one day but in reality you face them and are now forced to do.
These things could be anything that is told to you or you are directed towards.
These frustrating things in front of you, all together puts you in a cage of unwillingness, in a jail of suffocation as if you are tied up with chains and your freedom is taken from you without knowing who and how has taken your freedom from you.
There is no a certain point to blame or to point out that has put you in a kind of jail and there is no one responsible for it.
Having done a repeated thing on an every day basis for a long time if so, you may already be a bit tired of such kind of life, then you would say to yourself; “What a life?! Today, tomorrow, every day, Eeh! The same repeated boring thing!”
It would be boring when you are not able to do what you want, what you are made for and for what you have energy, enthusiasm and ability. It is more intolerable especially when you know that you are able to do, and you are made for.
Even if you wake up in the mornings opening your eyes with the chatter of the singing birds around you, and open the windows of your room with a nice panorama in the greenery, but have to put down all your ambitions and desires aside, because you are not given chance to achieve them, instead do the same repeated boring thing that is imposed on you.
Like when a bird is in a cage, it doesn’t matter what the cage is made of; it could be metal or wooden, it could be of iron, wood or gold but it is still a cage and definitely a prison.
(Mohammad Amin Wahidi)
...taken at the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain...
Strasbourg, France...
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Wish I could lie in the sun
The same things as anyone
Wish I could lie down there
With my feet, high in the air
I'd have a drink in my hand
Read words from a newspaper stand
Wish I could lie in the sun
Wish I could fly like everyone...
(Stereophonics)
...taken at La Grande Arche de la Défense...
Paris, France...
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Designed in partnership with Renzo Piano, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1971-1977), revolutionized museums. Museums of the past had been elite monuments. In contrast, the Pompidou was designed as a busy center for social activities and cultural exchange.
With support beams, duct work, and other functional elements placed on the exterior of the building, Centre Pompidou in Paris appears to be turned inside out, revealing its inner workings.
Centre Pompidou is often cited as a landmark example of High-Tech Architecture...
...taken in front of the Centre Georges Pompidou...
Paris, France...
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