Crash

On This Day In History
1832: World's first railroad accident

Quote Of The Day
"The leg presented a frightful appearance, but in the wound nothing that would prevent the operation or any reason to doubt its success if he had had constitutional strength to support the additional shock. It was a perfect mystery how the wound was produced, judging from the representations of those who witnessed the accident, and in those statements there is very little differences. 

The leg half way between the knee and ankle was almost entirely severed, except a small portion on the outside, but the boot was scarcely marked at all. Half-way but rather higher up between the knee and body, the whole flesh was torn off above the knee broken, but the artery which lies over and above it was not injured, which accounts for the small quantities of blood lost."
(Dr. J.P. Brandreth, a passenger on the train who was summoned to attend to Mr. Huskisson)

I went to Amagasaki this morning to see a very small exhibition of the Gutai Festival at the 1970 World Expo in Osaka. There were several paintings by Kazuo Shiraga, but most interesting was the video of the Gutai show that was performed at the Expo. Unfortunately, I cannot find that video on YouTube, but this video does include some of the Expo performance, including the Red Men, the Spangle Men and the Plastic Car. I love the way the Gutai artists' merge art with science, technology and performance. It’s also crazy and funny enough that children can enjoy it. There is currently an exhibition of Gutai art in Ashiya which is where the movement started; I will go soon. 

I walked to the park to take a photo of the train on display there, but the park is closed for maintenance. However, I was able to take the photo in the extras through a hedge.

After a cafe-au-lait at McDonalds I walked to Amagasaki Castle to take the main photo.

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