Unpacking a picture



Imagine unpacking this drawing into expository prose! -- You would have to imagine a story in which it made sense, then tell each part of it.

  • Perhaps it is the story of a man whose parents criticised him so much their warring voices paralyze every move he tries to make.

  • Perhaps it is the story of someone ostracized by the community for being different, or chosen to be the target of a community looking for a way to avoid its own conflicts.

  • Perhaps it is the story of a self-made victim who not only never came to terms with his own conflicting impulses, but who nurtured that conflict until it defined him.

  • Perhaps it is the story of a victim being blamed by the victimizers.

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