"the creatures that inhabit my head are not the stuff of light fantasy"

Taking Flight

“Fast hold the guide ropes in your hands when flying over Christian lands.”

An adventurous cognoscente brings her suitcase along while parasailing over an urban, yet mountainous, region. Tall buildings in the foreground appear to be apartments with protruding balconies. Atop several buildings are shapes resembling Christmas trees, but also, on one rooftop, a figure apparently pointing a rifle at the flying object above. The rifle and the cautionary caption add an ominous note to what seems, at first glance, a serene scene.

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