an entry for the challenge Gackt as Uesugi Kenshin

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Finally, I have a new PC and can finish something (so many started-only things ha ha) for this challenge. 

Here is a piece to represent Gackt as Kenshin, but it is for you to choose whether the speaker (singer even) of the words is Gackt-san or Uesugi Kenshin.  For me, the phrase, "living close to the flame" reflects the brightness and daring of both of them.  Can you see that in this tribute to them?  I hope so!




The image comprises a friend's scan from the Diabolos tour book and my star screencap from the "Ama kakeru ryu no gotoku" DVD.  The words are mine.

Earlier this year, Gackt was asked for the two guiding principles which reflected the way he lived and approached his work.  His reply was "persistence" (not giving up - he used the proverb about dripping water wearing away a stone) and "willingness to try" (to take the risk of failure in the hope of a gain - he used the proverb about needing to go into the tiger's den if you want a tiger's skin).  I thought that these two qualities were shown also by Kenshin in his defence of Echigo and his determination to build a better life for his territory (people).

Comments

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Is this still causing a problem, please? I can see it perfectly well! And I've tried it on 3 different PCs with different browsers and it looks OK on all of them.

Is anyone else having trouble with it, please? I'm not sure what to do about it as the URL is OK and it's showing nicely for me.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I don't know why I still can't see it, I am using Mozilla Firefox.

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

That is really weird. I've opened the GA site in Mozilla Firefox (was in IE before)and the image is there fine.

I don't have great tech skills so I'm not sure what to suggest as a cure. Any ideas, please?

When I got the rejection for the last post, I did check again this morning at the upload site (Flickr) but it all looks OK - even the links in the copy entry in the rejection email all worked OK and went straight to the picture!

I don't think I have the IT knowledge to work this puzzle out without more clues. Does the Army run to a Chief Engineer?

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Why don't you resent your last post to me, I'll put it up, and we will see who can see it, maybe it's my Firefox blocking the images and everyone else is fine.

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I re-posted and I've typed in the html this time in case that was causing a problem. I checked the preview and the pix were there OK though I couldn't see the LJcuts (but this is normal for preview, I think?)

Sorry for the bother. Hopefully it will be OK this time - so that you can see too, I mean.