Others, Not So Much
I don't know about you, but I can get overwhelmed.
Some days, it just doesn't look like we can get there from here.
This image, "Ophelia (Everything is Dying)", finally expressed itself on such a day.
The population seemed a giant gang of lemmings going into the abyss while snarling and clawing at each other.
I had seen Mel Gibson's version of that brooding Danish chap earlier in the year.
Then I spent a hot Saturday afternoon cruising dark rivers with Bruce Willis in "Striking Distance." Bruce and his partner found a floating body in one scene. Lovingly shot white skin in dark water. Bingo!
A stark image stewed with a brooding sense of planetary death throes. Report after report of species loss, overpopulation, climate warming. Added argumentation about causes ad nauseum to that mix.
And kept stirring. On low boil for a month or two until one day, voila! Low-grade depression and one heck of an image.
It's very nice. Now, put it away.
Do you have any of the fun stuff?
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