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Symbols of Waste

The power of wastefulness

Eleanor Konik
Jul 13, 2022
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photo of silkworms in box by Quant Nguyen Vinh

The royal seamstress carefully mended the silvery threads of her sovereign's robes. Each strand had been painstakingly ripped from the belly of her homeland and shaped by artisanal hands into a masterpiece of visual art.

She ignored the politics of it and tried to focus on the slow monotony of the delicate work.

"You know they're destroying the plain," he…

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