dont look back

Experience is something we all contend with, but the manifestations of life are nothing more than observation of that which cannot really be seen. The blinders are on and the only things tenable are those that we have been given an unmerited reign over. The power we believe ourselves to have exists only to drag us in more and more, if it where anything else then there would be such a thing as freedom. The individual must stand up and resist, but the coverage is boundless and exists at all ends, any resistance could be turned and submission created out of it. To hide is to resist—to protect the self from instruments of cultural identity, and the tenets of industry. But experience would be for not because the unfettered one who escapes the modern condition would be unable to resist looking back into a world in which could never exist in the same way again…

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This is a photo, but because of the ambiguous figures, location and color it is signifies something of artistic value or purpose instead of an advertisement or informational photo. There is a dark human-figure behind a tree in the background that seems to be male. The figure is wearing an overcoat, wide pants tucked into boots almost as a soldier in combat. Because the figure is behind a tree it signifies his hiding from the figure in the foreground. But the hiding is not quite inconspicuous, he seems almost casual; hands in pockets, most of his body showing on either side of the tree—perhaps he is only hiding his face (maybe shamefully). The figure in the foreground is somewhat perplexing; it appears to be a doll (Naked with an article of clothing crumbled on the ground) with only an abdomen and two sets of legs. One set of legs acting as the upper body, sticking strait up, with the other set in the typical leg position. All four feet are covered with school girl-like shoes and white tube socks, both signifiers of youth. Being in a forest the already mysterious scene signifies some kind of forbidden nature, that we where not supposed to see.