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...mentally. Making Boys Cry, David Hilliard’s newest collection of photographs showing at the Bernard Toale Gallery, boldly creates images in which the characters search for control and order in their lives. In the beautifully colored photographs, men and women of various ages search for control over fate, their desires and themselves. Making Boys Cry is a follow-up to Hilliard’s previous show entitled Endurance, in which pictures captured images of the strengths and weaknesses in everyday life...
...brittle leaf attached to a branch. The top panel depicts a gray storm cloud with a bit of sun peeking from behind it. The orderliness of the lawn suggests that Stella, the old woman, is attempting to control her life. Stella stares at the lone leaf, which represents her fate, in a vain attempt to master it. Its lengthy distance from Stella may point to her inability to control every aspect of her life. The storm cloud represents the things that threaten the fragile leaf, the things that threaten Stella’s destiny. Stella looks to the cloud...
Sadly, some faith in fate, or some level of confidence in our future happiness, assures us that we aren’t making a mistake. We convince ourselves that whatever chemistry that existed before can be duplicated, and whatever complications that lingered were a satisfying rationale for simply moving on. There will be someone else, preferably more conveniently located, waiting for us down the road...
...misplaced diatribe against the U.S. In Malaysia, the government-controlled media have been deployed to stir up anti-American sentiments, while members of the political Elite use a different language for international diplomacy. Certainly there are legitimate grievances against the U.S. and good reason for despondency over the fate of the Palestinians, who now face an even more arrogant Israel. But this is not the time for sermonizing or moralizing over U.S. foreign policy. Had we Malaysians been the victims of such a tragedy, we would find such hectoring tasteless and repulsive...
...these last-minute alliances. Moreover, some have utterly denounced these covenants by predicting the potentially dangerous consequences they might bring in the short-run. Re-arming or collaborating with these “volatile” regimes is perceived as an unwise military strategy, for the ever-changing political fate of those states could suddenly turn them from being well-armed friends to potentially deadly foes...