Thursday, April 30, 2009

Cilice


Yup... the old factory has been closed down for years now.
Seems like no one needs their shirts in this country any more.



When they shut down the homeless scavenged the building for scrap metal
and some squatters moved in.


But the government was quick to evict them,
having designs to convert the factory to produce bullet proof vests.

7 comments:

Chris Benjamin said...

great post - impressive how poignant 50 words and three pictures can be.

Jon said...

thanks benji. sometimes less is more

Harlequin said...

I like the perspective you give me of looking up/in/at... and after the converted factory successfully manufactured the bullet proof vests the building would then, of course, be renovated and retrofitted as part of a revitalized downtown.Sigh...
nice minimalist power...walk a little, show a little, say a little...convey a lot. What you do...

Jon said...

thanks Harlequin... so glad that you don't feel caged in here...

as always

thanks for your thoughts

human being said...

in our modern world... when love is being forced to be just sex, then this body needs no garment of repentance... it needs make-ups to show off and bullet proof vests to survive...

Jon said...

HB
so true... and yet also so sad... but I do think that another world is possible

Pearl said...

love the hair shirt factory picture and concept. fascinating little post there, from start to the close.