Friday, July 5, 2019
Which Reminds Me
So over there you got your birdwatching mixed up with your phrenology, and who says that lampooners and satirists may not use animal analogies to make their points of a political or socio-cultural or historical nature? The device of animal stories worked well enough for Aesop's fables. However, taken out of context, the South American bird pictures almost seem disjointed, the meaningless product of virulent hatred of a mindless nature. I mean, what are you anyway, a reptilian lizard? Don't all South American people look pretty much the same? So who cares which bird wins, not withstanding the painting of the cockfight prominently displayed in the Bueno dining room or living room? Kingdoms rise and fall. People groups come and go. Life is short and then you die. So?