Visceral Me

[eel_grass]

Swastiskas outnumber swirls,
In Himalayan art,
And I wonder 
If in a month or year,
I'll finally have the heart
And the stomach
To see that four fanned figure,
And see only the art,
And not think of the Nazis
And not turn still and sad,
To know symbols are innocent
And only men are bad.

Comments

[curvature_oomph]

That is very beautiful. And reminds me of a discussion I had in a class I took years ago about whether some technologies can be inherently malevolent or if it is only in placing them in the hands of bad people that makes them so.

[anonymous]

I am certian that the art pre dates the Nazi movement. I have seen many other similar geometric art examples in Cyprus in the ancient floor pixcels.
Cabbagejames