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| From Christmas in Cambodia |
Santa as viewed through the orange hue of urban devastation. Santa expresses the hope-and neuroses-that commercialism and the Western "Christmas" concept can bring, a wry commentary on the day to day lives that Phnom Penh's overwhelmingly Buddhist-and overwhelmingly poor-population lives. What ironic urban artist erected this little monument? What mirth lies beneath the dark, whispering heart of this growing Asian metropolis, this nightmare-within-a-dream of a city?
Or, you know, someone put a cardboard cut out of Santa on their door under an orange light.
Sometimes I think I should become a modern artist so I could write shit like that all day.
