Hurt

The whole world is reeling in these dark times. More than ever we need to stand together; point blame where blame is due, but not sink into stereotype and mass mindlessness, not implicate the innocent, and not forget that the world and the media still operate on power structures we've internalised so completely we barely even notice them.

"i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the
whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?

it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere."

~ warsan shire

Baghdad Beirut Calais Paris everywhere everywhere.

photo: delhi, november '09