Thanks... I try. The historical or foreign context is easier because we have enough emotional distance to see the larger picture. Someone living in suburbia manicuring their lawn wouldn't see themselves in a social context. I've actually watched a neighbor on her knees culling the dichondra from her grass so that nothing would disturb the green carpet effect. It might not be the same worship as we'd find in a mosque... or would it? We bind ourselves with rituals and rules. Sting wrote a song about flanders poppies and opium poppies and the blood of young men... dying for what? That was maybe a decade ago, but with the war in Afghanistan and the increase in poppy-growing, the image of addicts shooting up in doorways is horribly relevant again. As artists we can see the connections and comment through our art... and maybe reach some of the viewers. Carolly