05-11-2017, 07:45 PM
the abrahamic focus and the barbed wire made me think this was a commentary on palestine. exclude that, and the ambiguity feels troubling -- not because this implies the abrahamic gods are silent, which, depending on the point of view, can be either a dignified or a blasphemous position, but because "their" could also apply to the abrahamic gods themselves, which would mean an exclusion of other cultures, philosophies, and religions, especially in light of treating silence as bad. of course, that is a bit of a stretch, considering the three "not"s leading the piece, and returning to the image, it sort of works? if it is a comment, if not on geopolitics, then on the chaos of trying to find voices in the wind, i don't think it really says anything -- at this point i think the best of us don't care if they can't really hear anything, and the rest are skilled liars. my suggestion would be put this in a place, show us bits beyond the bird on the wire -- yeah, palestine, or at least something that would hammer in the thought. the feeling is there, definitely, and now i might want to take up studying birdsongs....