Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The Human Condition




 The Human Condition by Duane Michals.
    This image is by Duane Michals. It is called Human Condition. To me the obvious idea this sequence of pictures is about is wonder. The first image in the sequence is a picture of a bored looking young man. The next one shows the same picture but the man is glowing. It is showing how the man is going inside his own mind because he is so bored with his surroundings. The next sequence of pictures before the last image just shows the journey to the deepest part of his mind. The last image is a picture of a galaxy, maybe the our own galaxy the Milky Way. Michals is telling us that people wonder at grand things and have a strong desire to explore the unknown. That we want to understand how everything works. To us right now the greatest mystery is space and the universe; everyone would like to know what our place in the grand scheme of things is. Its the human condition is wonder at everything and to be curious.

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