Palestininan woman and Israeli soldier – photograph by Noel Jabbour

I loved the teasing ambiguity of this photograph at Boca Raton Museum Of Art – dare we hope that something good might, just might, be passing between them – some kindness instead of cruelty, some recognition instead of hatred?  Is the hand about to become a fist?  Is she touching his chest in an appeal such as she might make to her son? Does the ambiguity shift the photograph from documentary to fine art?  Does the space created by the ambiguity make the art? 

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 Have you seen the SunWALK human-centred studies model? – summary HERE 

Re Gaza: “Certitude divides and diversity unifies…..We have to elevate religion above politics…..” Amen.

 

“Certitude divides and diversity unifies…..We have to elevate religion above politics…..”
“Certitude divides and diversity unifies…..We have to elevate religion above politics…..” H.R.H. Prince El-Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan BBC Newsnight 9th Feb 2006. Photo source: BBC

 Juxtapositioning creates new contexts.  Words and images are one such juxtapositioning.

I have suggested that the Finnish artist photographer Silomaki has shown new ways.

The images of the suffering of the people Gaza are currently relentless, none worse than those of parents carrying dead or  injured children.

These words came to mind – those of H.R.H. Prince El-Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan on BBC Newsnight, 9th Feb 2006, “Certitude divides and diversity unifies…..We have to elevate religion above politics…..”

The image is one of a multitude. The words are rare wisdom.

When the rockets and shells fire no more how shall we live that wisdom?  

Lead us Oh God to the ways and means!