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...There is no one now." Nearby, a young history student who had driven three hours to the site placed bits of rubble in a small plastic bag. "I will put it in my home," the student said. "It is holy." --Reported by Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, Matthew Cooper, Michael Duffy, Mark Thompson, Douglas Waller and Adam Zagorin/Washington; Brian Bennett/Ramadi; Hassan Fattah, Romesh Ratnesar and Vivienne Walt/Baghdad; and James Graff/Paris
What we have here is the makings of a not unfamiliar western narrative, some elements of which (the captive innocents, the scout who owes his skills to his intimacy with the natives) can be traced back to James Fenimore Cooper and beyond. What sets The Missing apart is a potent mystical element. The raiders are led by an unrelievedly evil shaman called Chidin (Eric Schweig), who can throw a handful of dirt in a man's face and permanently blind him or send a dark thought across the miles and bring a woman near to death. He brings out Jones...
...They are a huge relief from the stacked rectangles, which I think got a little stale,” Cooper says...
...Cooper points out that the motif of a frame within the actual frame creates a definite spatial experience, where the sheer size of the paintings can make the viewer feel as if he is entering the work. Rothko’s painting technique, which involves the layering of colors, also creates a sense of depth, as variations across the murals imply the presence of dimension...
...fact remains that at present, nobody can see and experience Rothko’s Harvard murals. Cooper argues that “these need to be seen [and] that keeping them in storage is negligent...