The following Poem accompanies this back cover photo in the book:
Questions from Seeing
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The background shadow looks like mummy of an Egyptian pharaoh and the foreground sand ripples like a pyramid labyrinth in darkness. If ancient burial means eternal peace, should it be disturbed? But after the buried is unearthed for research or exhibition, what is seen after a mummy is unwrapped cautiously? An object for preservation study or a body as dry as a dead Joshua tree? As you walk near a mummy case in the museum, do you shudder at those big, painted, and staring eyes? Who has a stronger desire to see? A researcher, a museumgoer, or the dry mummy who may be able to silently watch us doing whatnot? |