Protest/Antitest
Signs & Flags & Tees & Trucks of the times
We stand
as one — we will not comply;
from the river to the sea,
just say,
no, don’t believe the lies —
essential liberty,
hugs, temporarily blocked,
50% off,
can’t we just all get along
(subject to court injunction),
we will fight in the court. Hibachi
are you willing and
gay
(try that in a small town);
bring them home now.
Social, security.
Come, mourn with me.
NOTES:
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
So now we see the light (watch you gon' do?)
We gonna stand up for our rights (yeah, yeah)
- Bob Marley
The King called up his jet fighters
He said you better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the Minarets
Down the Casbah way
-The Clash
Cuss out a cop, spit in his face
Stomp on the flag and light it up
Yeah, ya think you're tough
Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
-Jason Aldean
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station
A mid-range migraine, cancered membrane
Sometimes I think I'm goin' insane
I swear I might hijack a plane!
-Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn?
-Prince
Lords, I protest, my soul is full of woe,
That blood should sprinkle me to make me grow:
Come, mourn with me for that I do lament,
And put on sullen black incontinent:
I'll make a voyage to the Holy Land,
To wash this blood off from my guilty hand:
March sadly after; grace my mournings here;
In weeping after this untimely bier.
-Shakespeare
And on, and on, and on.
NOTES:
-As always, all images are from “The Window” photography series by K.I.A. (LINK). Every photo is candid, unstaged, and captured spontaneously. The 2000+ photo project is a series of series, forming one large portrait of life in the 21st century, from a single window: world events, peace, war, economics, diversity, gender, religion, race, ability, love, despair, beauty…
BONUS IMAGE:
A different sign o the times:
The Window by K.I.A.:
more: www.nu4ya.com
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