Comments on: Angel of the North http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Jones http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-127507 Kim Jones Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:19:59 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/#comment-127507 What a nice moment, to see a beautiful bow rainbow behind a the Angel of the North. Great Picture. What a nice moment, to see a beautiful bow rainbow behind a the Angel of the North.

Great Picture.

]]> By: Charles http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-116649 Charles Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:58:18 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/#comment-116649 Wow. I know I am very late to this post (like 5 years late) but this is one of the most spectacular statues (or monuments) I've ever seen. The rainbow appearing as you got there is very cool. It must have been a special moment. Thank you for sharing it. Wow. I know I am very late to this post (like 5 years late) but this is one of the most spectacular statues (or monuments) I’ve ever seen. The rainbow appearing as you got there is very cool. It must have been a special moment. Thank you for sharing it.

]]> By: Pat http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-116121 Pat Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:47:36 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/#comment-116121 I got here looking at the Angel of the North picture, which is really amazing. The combination of wood sculpture and rainbow makes for a great picture. But your story was pretty sad. What a way to decide to end it all, by throwing yourself under a tree. That's really sad. I got here looking at the Angel of the North picture, which is really amazing. The combination of wood sculpture and rainbow makes for a great picture. But your story was pretty sad. What a way to decide to end it all, by throwing yourself under a tree. That’s really sad.

]]> By: Health Insurance http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-116114 Health Insurance Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:41:40 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/#comment-116114 I would love to go visit the angel of the north, it's very lovely.:) Although i'm sad about the suicide part of the story. :( I would love to go visit the angel of the north, it’s very lovely.:) Although i’m sad about the suicide part of the story. :(

]]> By: Mark http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-115962 Mark Thu, 19 May 2011 13:52:21 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/#comment-115962 What a beautiful photograph.. thanks for the article What a beautiful photograph.. thanks for the article

]]> By: Summer Davis http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-115856 Summer Davis Wed, 04 May 2011 11:34:07 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/#comment-115856 Hi jb! Wow! What an experience! Maybe that incident happened for a reason, and that is to see this wonderful sight. The image is so beautiful, the rainbow made it extra special! I cannot blame you for wanting to watch "The Tempest", its one of my favorite pieces from Shakespeare. Thank you for posting this! Summer Hi jb!

Wow! What an experience! Maybe that incident happened for a reason, and that is to see this wonderful sight. The image is so beautiful, the rainbow made it extra special!
I cannot blame you for wanting to watch “The Tempest”, its one of my favorite pieces from Shakespeare.
Thank you for posting this!

Summer

]]> By: Serge http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-111445 Serge Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:22:57 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/#comment-111445 what is the amazing monument! And this picture is also awesome..with rainbow. what is the amazing monument! And this picture is also awesome..with rainbow.

]]> By: susan abraham http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-14705 susan abraham Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:02:24 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/angel-of-the-north/#comment-14705 John, this little dialogue gets sadder by the minute. The statistics you provided was news to me but informative. Thank you. I'm sorry to ramble on so. But I also recall being in London last year when there was a death in Southall. A young mother jumped with her 2 toddlers onto the tracks of a fast approaching train. It was an inevitable suicide. There was a lot of talk, analysis & sadness in the city. I wondered if you'd heard of it. In Malaysia, the same thing happened in a little town, a few months ago. A young mother with her 3 children, committed the same act though one suspicious child managed to wriggle free and escape. I can't even envision those final moments and what it would have been like. It's too painful to bear thinking about. The suicides are deliberately masterminded. I wonder too, that with such women bearing a formidable attitude towards a premature death, that their strength and cleverness, should be so badly misplaced in this way. Thank you for your time, John. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hello again, Susan. It hits harder, somehow, when the lives of young children are involved in a mothers wish to take her own life. I suppose the reasoning is that the children will not have a life without her and that they should, therefore, all go together. But we who survive can never really know, only speculate and taste some of the diminishing effects in the shadow of these acts. John, this little dialogue gets sadder by the minute.
The statistics you provided was news to me but informative.
Thank you.
I’m sorry to ramble on so.
But I also recall being in London last year when there was a death in Southall. A young mother jumped with her 2 toddlers onto the tracks of a fast approaching train. It was an inevitable suicide.
There was a lot of talk, analysis & sadness in the city.
I wondered if you’d heard of it.
In Malaysia, the same thing happened in a little town, a few months ago. A young mother with her 3 children, committed the same act though one suspicious child managed to wriggle free and escape.
I can’t even envision those final moments and what it would have been like. It’s too painful to bear thinking about.
The suicides are deliberately masterminded.
I wonder too, that with such women bearing a formidable attitude towards a premature death, that their strength and cleverness, should be so badly misplaced in this way.
Thank you for your time, John.

jb says: Hello again, Susan. It hits harder, somehow, when the lives of young children are involved in a mothers wish to take her own life. I suppose the reasoning is that the children will not have a life without her and that they should, therefore, all go together.

But we who survive can never really know, only speculate and taste some of the diminishing effects in the shadow of these acts.

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