Straightening the World
He tried to straighten a crooked world.
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A rusted nail wraps itself around a straight one, as if trying to return it to its original form—or perhaps to impose its own truth upon it.
The work reflects on those who spend their lives attempting to straighten what they believe to be crooked: society, history, others, or themselves. In the process, they often bend, wear down, and rust under the weight of resistance.
The world remains imperfect. The question is whether transformation changes the world—or the one who attempts it.
He tried to straighten a crooked world.