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[edith_jones]

Photographer: Allie
Number of Photos: One
Subject: 48-Kool-Aid
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48. Kool-Aid  And I have NO idea what you're going to think of this one....

Comments

[zippyheartbreak]

ooh i quite like it
even though i live in scotland so i have no idea what koolaid is
i just love the aesthetics of this <3

[jaelle_n_gilla]

I agree! And I think she's been using this kool aid wrapper as a bookmark for a map? Have you, edith_jones?

[greg_kennedy]

A reference to the Jonestown mass murder-suicide.

Incidentally, have you seen Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple or read Seductive Poison? The first is a recent and excellent documentary of the events leading up to the deaths, and the second is a personal memoir of one of Jim Jones' high ranking officers who shares a lot of insight into the cult's secret workings. Both are great historical pieces of media.

[jaelle_n_gilla]

Goodness! That apparently was before my time (1974 I was only 5 years old) and I hadn't heard of that in detail. Thanks for the reference. I just read up on it on wikipedia.

[mav_fan]

Wow, what an interpretation! I'd have never have thought of it, but now that you've interpreted Kool-Aid this way, I can't think of why nobody has done it before.

[jaelle_n_gilla]

Because nobody associated that with kool-aid? *g* The German wikipedia speaks of "juice with poison" :-)

Great interpretation and setup of the prompt, though! Chapeau, milady.

[mav_fan]

I don't know about Germany or even Canada, now I think of it, but for years there have been many common phrases which came about due to the use of Kool-Aid in the mass suicide. Of course, I can't think of any right now.

[edith_jones]

Ah, I must admit that the great idea was my husband's, although to be fair, he was kidding, and did not mean for me to use his idea. I did have fun setting it up! Thanks! I have passed your compliments along to John, the brains behind this particular photo. Me, I'm the artiste.

[trishtrash]

Creepy, and therefore oddly appealing. I like the interesting clash of colours and cheery/academic feel too. Clever :)

[edith_jones]

Well, as I'm admitting to everyone as I can't even lie to people I've never met, the idea was my husband's, but he meant it as an off-colour joke and certainly never intended me to use it!

Creepy, and therefore oddly appealing.
That is the most unusual praise a photo of mine has ever received, and I like it very much indeed! Thank you!

[edith_jones]

Thank you!

Although it wasn't at all planned - I used grape Kool-Aid because it's what was used in Jonestown - I love the colour combination. Lucky circumstance!