November 25, 2002
Photo:
Slumber Deep
Thomas Hart Benton #19
Watercolor on paper, circa 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-BK
Crewmen of the Navy's "silent service"--submarine branch--relax in the torpedo room of a submersible during off-duty moments as their warship proceeds on her way. One man goes up the ladder on duty aloft. In a second this peaceful scene could be turned into an ordered chaos by the call to general quarters.
Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one....Baltasar Gracian.
song playing....Yellow Submarine