Wednesday, February 14, 2007

LEBANESE INNER DEMONS, OR IMAGE ASSOCIATION


Early morning hours, I see large clouds of steam pouring out of this chimney... I'm immediately transported to Lebanon, to the scene of the latest bombings... Smoke fills the air, cries echo all around me, people sob... I move my head, shake these visions from my hair, and continue on my way to the gym.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The first I saw this image, I was thinking "PROBLEM". What did explode now? But after looking carefully, I recognized the chimney. I walked by it so many times before. It actually made me smile. thanks joe

10:53  
Blogger Ostfen said...

u're welcome

11:14  
Blogger FZ said...

it's always sort of incredible, isn't it, those juxtapositions of experience in the same vision...

19:33  
Blogger Ostfen said...

It is incredible, especially when u consider that there are many more juxtapositions that you are not aware of consciously... and that these are different for different people. Given that our view of the world is shaped by our experience, there are millions of different realities out there...

11:07  
Blogger FZ said...

yes, an infinite variety... and so many levels of complexities... sometimes a smokestack is just a smokestack (freud vs. borges)
:) hope you are well--
fz

19:52  
Blogger Ostfen said...

:)
I am fine Fz thanks. Hope you are ok too.

17:00  

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