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:icongrace-note:

and now upon this checkered life
begins a game that never ends
take a pawn and take a king,
take them all and let them sing-
until it ends, it never shall,
how it began we could not tell,
But now, whom lies there silently?
Who will claim this victory?
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~snowman3400 Jun 6, 2009
rad concept. and beautiful board. can you play? XD

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"What is in a name? That which we call a Rose by any other word would smell as sweet?" Shakespear
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~Mahlerian Dec 16, 2008
I like it, but I must ask: Isn't the peasant a bit far of the King?
The peasant's victory would be an unexpected result but their positions on table are suspicious. Why is the peasant in that position? (It seems to me he's fleeing, je, je)

(Sorry for my English; I know it's very bad).

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Unge su cuerpo con ambrosía y vístelo con inmortales ropas,
y envíalo luego para lo lleven ante los raudos escoltas,
ante el Sueño y la Muerte, hermanos gemelos (La Ilíada, XVI, 670 - 673)
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~grace-note Dec 16, 2008
I think you're the only person who noticed.

It's on purpose. For one thing, the 'checkmate' isn't plausible, and having the king at the pawn's feet seemed to blunt. Revolutionaries, protests, riots. Yes, the king has lost. To who, though?

uh. I'm not quite sure what my initial concepts were...this was a long time ago. But that's the gist of it anyway.

(Your English is fine. :D)
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~Mahlerian Dec 16, 2008
Oh, great!
Anyway, you've several good works in your gallery. Congrats.

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Unge su cuerpo con ambrosía y vístelo con inmortales ropas,
y envíalo luego para lo lleven ante los raudos escoltas,
ante el Sueño y la Muerte, hermanos gemelos (La Ilíada, XVI, 670 - 673)
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~grace-note Dec 16, 2008
cheers. :bow:
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~Kaeldra-1 May 30, 2008
awesome!

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You're pins, I'm needles, let's play.

I cannot pretend I will not surrender to these dreams in my head.

The moon is dark and I can't sleep
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~Cryolysis Feb 29, 2008  Student Digital Artist
Did I mention that this is one of my favourite pieces in your gallery? I love the light source here and also, I like how the pawn destroyed that king [: Good work!
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~grace-note Feb 29, 2008
Well, it isn't really checkmate, see- the ending is completely illogical and strategically impossible. But there we are. That's the concept.
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~Kaeldra-1 Nov 26, 2007
beautiful piece, I love the concept, the light and the poem :)

--
You're pins, I'm needles, let's play.

I cannot pretend I will not surrender to these dreams in my head.

The moon is dark and I can't sleep
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~dudealan2001 Nov 2, 2007
wow I like this one. and the Grace note is really clever but I thing it should be bigger text and white against black stands out the best. but those are just some of the things I would change other than that it is great design
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