September 28, 2007

scrabbling Myanmar

My recent obsession with scrabble makes me see scrabble in everything. While I do not wish to make light the situation in Myanmar, I feel as if the hundreds of protesters are scrabbling to write the largest words, the loudest words, the heaviest words onto the "board" so that everyone can see. The letters they have to work with are difficult, and sometimes they are arranged in an order that I do not understand, or perhaps in a different language and context that I will never understand, but still, I think they are writing their texts. One letter at a time. And I am in awe of their work, and want to contribute one of my letters too.

http://www.agi.it/world/news/200709270933-pol-ren0003-art.html

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