i started a thread suggesting this book, In The Shadow of No Towers, to people in OT but it brought up a point i thought would spark interesting conversaion over her in P&N.
at some point, spegielman suggests that after 9/11 everyone was suffering from a sort of displacement. he starts with himself (and his cat) and in each panel moves parts of himself and the objects around him into different "slots" of the art.
anyway, he moves from himself to suggesting that the war in Iraq is a displaced sense of retaliation, that the NYT editor stepping down is displaced sense of failed duty (the suggestion is that the mainstream media didnt really do their job in questioning/covering the issues directly before the war) that used the 'fake-writer' as a moral scapegoat.
while it is obvious what his political instincts are, i wondered if people felt that this displacement (not specifically the type that he describes, for he is a pretty liberal guy) has shown itself in other forms. i also wonder if people agree that it is almost a direct result of 9/11/01.
or, in general i wonder how people would see what i have tried to describe above.
if anyone else has read the book, feel free to re-explain my ideas. as it is a work of words and art, im sure it has many interpretations and, admittedly, my art history knowledge is not as extensive as my literature background.
also: you all should read this book.
at some point, spegielman suggests that after 9/11 everyone was suffering from a sort of displacement. he starts with himself (and his cat) and in each panel moves parts of himself and the objects around him into different "slots" of the art.
anyway, he moves from himself to suggesting that the war in Iraq is a displaced sense of retaliation, that the NYT editor stepping down is displaced sense of failed duty (the suggestion is that the mainstream media didnt really do their job in questioning/covering the issues directly before the war) that used the 'fake-writer' as a moral scapegoat.
while it is obvious what his political instincts are, i wondered if people felt that this displacement (not specifically the type that he describes, for he is a pretty liberal guy) has shown itself in other forms. i also wonder if people agree that it is almost a direct result of 9/11/01.
or, in general i wonder how people would see what i have tried to describe above.
if anyone else has read the book, feel free to re-explain my ideas. as it is a work of words and art, im sure it has many interpretations and, admittedly, my art history knowledge is not as extensive as my literature background.
also: you all should read this book.
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