Fear (part two)
So, the carnage that is represented on the banner. To face that degree of harm, mutilation. To physically stand in front of that so that one's view is filled with it. To appreciate the scale of it. To place one's own (intact) body in front of the evidence of what modern munitions can do.
Of course we cannot feel the response to all that. From my observations so far of how different people respond to the images, it is clear that some are more immediately in touch with some kind of visceral or emotional reaction than others. But I am pretty sure that even those who appear immediately affected are only feeling the outer edges of a very much bigger potential response. Something INCOMMENSURABLE. Something that is building within my self and that is starting to manifest itself in physical responses of which I am not in charge. And I am very glad to have those responses because I would almost be worried if I didn't. It seems to me fitting and the very least one would expect in the face of such unmeasurable force.
I haven't been able to write about this fear at all adequately. But I'd like not to give up and will have another go at it another time.
Biscuit, anyone?
