Monday, December 27, 2010

The Prayer of the Forger


Convicted forger A. Schiller was serving his time in Sing Sing prison in the late 1800s when guards found him dead in his cell. On his body they found seven regular straight pins whose heads measured the typical 47/1000ths of an inch or 1.17 millimeters in diameter. Under 500 magnification it was found that the tiny etchings seen on the heads of the pins were the words to The Lord's Prayer, which is 65 words and 254 letters long. Of the seven pins, six were silver and one was gold - the gold pin's prayer was flawless and a true masterpiece. Schiller had spent the last 25 years of his life creating the pins, using a tool too small to be seen by the naked eye. It is estimated that it took 1,863 sepatate carving strokes to make it. Schiller went blind because of his
artwork.



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1 comment:

  1. Başka Yarınlar

    İmrûz cemâl-i tü sîmâ-yı diger dâred
    İmrûz leb-î nûşet helvâ-yı diger dâred

    Bugün yüzünde bir başka güzellik var senin,
    bugün dudağında başka bir tad var,
    boyunda başka bir yücelik
    Bugün kırmızı gülün bir başka daldan

    Ayın gökyüzüne bugün sığmamış
    Göklere benzeyen göğsün bugün daha geniş
    Hangi yanından kalktın bu sabah, söyle,
    bir başka kavga var dünyada senin yüzünden,
    dünyada bir başka gidiş

    Biz senin gözlerinden gördük
    arslanlara meydan okuyan o ceylanı,
    Başka bir ovası var o ceylanın bugün
    iki cihandan da dışarı

    Seven insanın ayağı mı yok,
    işte ona ölümsüzlük kapandı
    Yukarlarda onunla uçar gider

    Gözlerinin denizinde onu arama
    Oinci bir başka denizde

    Bakarsın bugün sever bu yürek,
    yarın sevilir bakarsın

    Yüreğimin özünde başka yarınlar var

    Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi



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