It probably means the waste that consumer societies generate - for example, all the prefectly good things we throw out so we can buy new ones.Dear teachers,
what is the meaning of this expression?
I found it in an article about an Iranian artist:
"the high-rises, the consumer detritus, the nose-job fetish — it became his raw material".
Thank you in advance,
G.
Hi GiulyDear teachers,
what is the meaning of this expression?
I found it in an article about an Iranian artist:
"the high-rises, the consumer detritus, the nose-job fetish — it became his raw material".
Thank you in advance,
G.
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I read this article too. ... Moshiri, who today lives in Elahieh, reveLled* in the changes. He mined them, [they] became his raw material ...
Dear Bob,Are these your typos, or were they in the original article? ;-) The word 'mined' works well with the 'raw material' metaphor, don't you think?
b
* PS I've used the Br English spelling. Quite possibly the Optical Character Recognition software used to scan the original, seeing the American spelling with one L, thought it had better add a letter to 'correct' it; but 'revealed in' is meaningless (in this context - though it would work in a context such as this 'Their background is revealed in their ... <whatever>')
:up: Spot on! (or, in the Latin metaphor, Rem acu tetigisti ['You have touched the matter with a needle'])....
With regards to a metaphor, I feel that an artist can get his inspirations from an environment, which is his mine of ideas. ...