Returneth to Vomit
Angry Dog (ca. 1938–43).
Both watercolours are by Edvard Munch and are based on his neighbour's dog, a creature he didn't much love.
Down here, we all mess up: so many crackpots run past in pursuit of their shadows, they're,more often than not, impossible to tot.We really ought to send them off to meet that dog that Aesop talked about.It saw that its prey was wading through waterways,so thought of nothing more than diving in to drown itself — and ended upwith both the prey and shadow splashed away.
Chacun se trompe ici-bas :
On voit courir après l’ombre
Tant de fous, qu’on n’en sait pas
La plupart du temps le nombre.
Au Chien dont parle Ésope il faut les renvoyer.
Ce Chien, voyant sa proie en l’eau représentée,
La quitta pour l’image, et pensa se noyer ;
La rivière devint tout d’un coup agitée.
À toute peine il regagna les bords,
Et n’eut ni l’ombre ni le corps.
Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695)
