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How often do we find ourselves too preoccupied within our
own little worlds to realize when something truly momentous is
happening outside of them? Are we paying enough attention to
those around us to really hear what they are saying? Jim Christensen
created this series “Winged Words” to poke fun at people
(using barbed wire) and get them to realize, “Yeah, I do
that, too.”
In this extreme example, a very self-important individual,
in all his pomp and finery, fails to realize the heavenly nature
of his visitor because he’s just not listening. In Latin,
the angel says, “I am dead.” The man’s response
to his rather uncommon occurrence, “How do you like my clothes?”
underscores how little he is paying attention. The pear in the
man’s hand, one bite taken—bordering on the over-ripe,
is a reminder that we may not have all the time we think we do
to amend these failures in communication. |