I don’t know what to make of this
This photograph is taken from a Vanity Fair article titled An American in Tehran by Carrie Carlisle dated 25 June 2009. The picture shows:
Chicks for sale at a bird market in Esfahan. The brightly colored ones are from the United States; the undyed ones are Persian.
I’ve spend half an hour looking at this image and drafted several sentences in an attempt to capture my thoughts. Quite frankly – I don’t know what to say!!
There are times when we look at objects either natural or man-made and marvel at the beauty and intelligence of the form and function. This is when creativity and innovation are in sync and we are rightfully in awe.
This image disrupts all these sensibilities for me. I’m troubled that I’m offended by such simple “change”. What about you?
My thanks to Adam Smith’s Inquiring Mind for bringing this article to my attention. It’s well worth the read.
Steve
I looked at this as well for a while. In the end I wondered, given the tenor of the article, whether it was a very subtle dig at the regime which seems to abhor free thought and to seek to place everyone in a drab uniform environment.
But then I might be reading too much into it all