These are photographic works from Chris Jordan’s Midway: Message from the Gyres Collection. I thought it appropriate in response to Chandra’s previous post, “Garbage as proxy to the current economical climate.”
”For me, kneeling over their carcasses is like looking into a macabre mirror. These birds reflect back an appallingly emblematic result of the collective trance of our consumerism and runaway industrial growth. Like the albatross, we first-world humans find ourselves lacking the ability to discern anymore what is nourishing from what is toxic to our lives and our spirits. Choked to death on our waste, the mythical albatross calls upon us to recognize that our greatest challenge lies not out there, but in here”
Chris Jordan, Seattle, February 2011
Isn’t this guy incredible (I really love his art too)?! I love that you posted this in connection to Chandra’s post because it’s so true, that it’s not just about the volumes you guys get to see out at the transfer station, there are so many other dire consequences from this global problem we’ve created for ourselves. These albatross pictures are just too heartbreaking for me…