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Facing a fateful fork in the road: which road will America choose in it’s midterm elections …a tilt to the left toward survival of democratic values & principles or a tilt to the right toward further authoritarian degradation of governance ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we contemplate this question perhaps a glance at paintings by Swiss painter Arnold B\u00f6cklin<\/a>: <\/strong>1827-1901 , Die Toteninsel<\/em> “Isle of the Dead” and Die Lebensinsel<\/em> “Isle of Life”; might visualize the choice facing America. It should be noted that the artist did 5 “Isle of the Dead ” versions and copies or originals were owned by Freud, Hitler and Lenin and Vladimir Nabokov observed in his 1936 novel Despair that prints could be “found in every Berlin home”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one “Isle of Life” was produced by the artist. Make of that what you will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: The 4 th version was destroyed by fire and exists only as a black & white photograph.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four images of “Isle of the Dead”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court Painter version of “Isle of the Dead”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court Painter version of ” Isle of Life”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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