Writing on Raw Material
- What is the man writing?
- Why is he writing on a tree?
- What does he have on his hand?
- Who do you think wrote on the other trees?
- How are trees and writing linked?
- What is the message behind this picture?
Credit: Franco Matticchio
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Bill Chance
Posted at 19:17h, 23 MarchThe man is writing a novel, chapter by chapter, on a series of trees because the repressive government has banned paper. On his hand is a razor-edged gauntlet that he uses to strip the bark. The cartoon (other than being a visual joke) is a statement of the need for man to leave his mark – on nature and on the world.
Or maybe not.