Cracked Window

Unlike past wars, the Iraq war is an abstraction. We rarely glimpse the unspeakable suffering. Most of the media have lost interest. Some stalwarts remain, chronicling events beyond our comprehension. As much as I hate this war, I’ve never let what happens there penetrate my comfortable life here. Until now.

Reality intruded last night when Suzame, my wife, showed me this photograph:

When I first saw Jason Tozer’s photographs, including this one used with his permission, I thought they were from a newly discovered solar system.

Tozer’s work is a stunning reminder that we think we see so much so clearly but actually see little. Hidden worlds abound at our fingertips, their existence beyond our grasp.

I’ll never think of my little boy’s bubbles from a bottle the same again as they waft past on a warm breeze, Jupiters and ringless Saturns adrift.

You can learn more about how Tozer shot his images here.