In Our Time
A meditation on the present, rendered in AI-painted moments by Jaime Yao. Quiet, contemporary, briefly luminous. March 2026.
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Dialogue & Transcript
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The yellow dust of Aragon was blowing over them.
And the wheels of motor transports.
The romantics have pulled out.
The dead, of course, aren't there.
Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.
The world breaks everyone.
Full transcript
When we got up with the Americans, they were lying under some olive trees along a little stream. The yellow dust of Aragon was blowing over them. Over their blanketed machine guns, over their automatic rifles and their anti aircraft guns. It blew in blinding clouds raised by the hooves of pack animals. And the wheels of motor transports. But in the lee of the stream bank, the men were slouching, fearful and grinning. Their teeth flashing white slits in their yellow powdered faces.
Since I had seen them last spring, they have become soldiers. The romantics have pulled out. The cowards have gone home, along with the badly wounded. The dead, of course, aren't there. If I was away, I do not believe I would come back. You can't get away from yourself. Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.
The world breaks everyone. And afterward, many are strong at the broken places. Morning, there was a big wind blowing.
