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Day 1,576: mayhem, rupture, exultant


It calculates that violence and mayhem weaken Israel and discredit Arab governments.

If the sight of America fighting Hizbullah alongside Israel leads to a rupture of Mr Biden’s relations with the Arab world, an exultant Iran will have built the foundations for its own regional dominance.


Artwork of the day 
Mayhem
Luc Tuymans
Date: 2003; Belgium
Style: New European Painting
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 187 x 291 cm

Word of the day 
mayhem: a situation in which there is little or no order or control
rupture: to (cause something to) explode, break, or tear 
exultant: very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure

Quote of the day
“...I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.”

Susan Cain

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