As our Cuban friends' visit continues, we are trying to give them a sampling of life in Canada. Yesterday we went to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto; the first exhibition hall we entered there was the one devoted to Canada's aboriginal peoples, where we came upon a work by Norval Morriseau entitled Migration, depicted above.
As the human race continues its ruthless and relentless exploitation of earth's resources to the point of exhaustion, as our heedless behaviour warms the earth to the point of profound and probably irreversible, disastrous change, Migration offers us a succinct reminder of how everyone and everything is interconnected and interdependent.
It is a simple and profound truth, the implications of which far too many choose to be willfully ignorant.
It is great that you're showing your Cuban friends places of interest. And they're many in Toronto.
ReplyDeleteHave you taken them to zoo yet and shown them Rob Ford?
When you say the zoo and Rob Ford in the same sentence, LeDaro, I assume you are making a reference to Toronto City Hall? ;) There are some very interesting primates on display there in addition to Rob Ford (eg. brother Doug, Francis Nunziata, Girorgio Mammoliti, etc.
DeleteMy wife and I spent our honeymoon in Cuba, Lorne. We loved it. I hope your friends feel the same way about Canada.
ReplyDeleteI think they are really enjoying the experience, Owen.
DeleteWe're just experiencing the first waves of climate migration, Lorne. In another decade or so this will be a full blown crisis.
ReplyDeleteI have been following your posts on climate change Mound. I agree with you that the future is looking increasingly grim.
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