Death and Taxes
Published:Death & Taxes:
“Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” (Can there be anything more terrifying?)
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This is for the Fascination With Fright Contest, hosted by THE3-ContestEvents.
Theme: Create a Horror Photo-Manipulation
“A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality."
- Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Aristotle suggested it’s cathartic to face our fears in fiction, where it’s safe to do so.
End Date: 5 November 2016 (Central European Time), Limit: 2 submissions
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This is also for Mega Monthly Challenge October-Theme: The Story of Death, hosted by PirateLotus-Stock, Elandria, Aeirmid.
Required Stock: One or Both of Texture 197, by Malleni-Stock (Rain on windows)
And/ or Cuervo Texture 4, by Falln-Stock (Floor tiles rupturing under Civil Servants).
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Thanks to all the Stock Artists and hosts.
Horror isn't usually my thing. (The world is usually quite horrifying enough as it is.)
But, this was fun.
-Cat…
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Phrase Origin:
Several famous authors have uttered lines to this effect. The first was Daniel Defoe, in The Political History of the Devil, 1726:
"Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed."
Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) used the form we are currently more familiar with, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789, which was re-printed in The Works of Benjamin Franklin, 1817:
"'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
Another thought on the theme is Margaret Mitchell's line from her bookGone With the Wind, 1936:
"Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them."
(From The Phrase Finder)
And, The Cobbler of Preston, by Christopher Bullock (Playwright, 1716)
“‘Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes,”
-Death and taxes (idiom), Wikipedia
(Lora-Vysotskaya also visited this quote, in Death And Taxes.)
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Stock and Resources: (Required Stock Denoted by an * asterix):
Civil Servants:
* Pig in raincoat by YBsilon-Stock, by YBsilon-Stock
(Some may be more equal than others; but, in the end, all are equal.)
Skeletal Hand Bones + Arm, by FantasyStock
DSC09449 Fedora 2, by wintersmagicstock
DSC09448 Fedora 1, by wintersmagicstock
Steampunk Goggles png, by mysticmorning
Me hooded white mask, by SilvieT-Stock
* Skeleton with sense by YBsilon-Stock, by YBsilon-Stock (scythe)
Stains on the scythe (from cutting Red Tape?) Wound Stock 2, by pulse-stock
** Cuervo Texture 4, by Falln-Stock (Floor rupturing under Civil Servants)
FOG/CLOUDS PNG. by Moonglowlilly
STOCK PNG white smoke, by MaureenOlder
STOCK PNG black smoke, by MaureenOlder
Steampunk Goggles Various Png Stock (reposted), by Mom-EsPeace
Room and Furniture:
Apartment Stock 2, by AreteStock
This Room., by Regression
Old seated stock pack, by Ecathe
Historical Sofa by YBsilon-Stock, by YBsilon-Stock
Potted Flowers, Courtesy TheFantaSim
Modern Lights, by YBsilon-Stock
Windows and Doors:
* Head Sculpture, by EveLivesey (on porch)
* Tree and Pigeons, by EveLivesey
WaterGod PNG by CD-STOCK, by CD-STOCK
Birds Stock 01, by Malleni-Stock
** Texture 197, by Malleni-Stock (rain on windows)
Framed Prints:
* Foggy Road by CD-STOCK, by CD-STOCK
* Evil Arch 01 by CD-STOCK, by CD-STOCK
Sunflower 01 by CD-STOCK, by CD-STOCK
* Foggy BG 12 by CD-STOCK, by CD-STOCK
Autumn Forest Landscape 03, by FantasyStock
Golden Frame with leaves by YBsilon-Stock, by YBsilon-Stock
Other Resources:
Big Lens And Optical Flare Collection, by daWIIZ
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Listening to:
-All Souls Night - Loreena McKennitt - Lyrics - YouTube
Artist: Loreena McKennitt, Album: The Visit, Released: 1991
-Meet Joe Black Soundtrack (Death & Taxes
Taxman -- George Harrison and Eric Clapton (live)
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One day we’ll all have to give an account.
Best Wishes for Samhain.
-Cat…