Kansas
Mary Hockenbery (reddirtrose)
I once remarked to someone that most of my favorite work had a little “American Gothic” in it; some sense of the mythos achieved in that 1930’s masterpiece. From Grant Wood’s painting to Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth, from Aesop to the great Russian writers, we have paid profound homage to those who are of the land, investing in them engenderment of the perfect mix of morality and pragmatism. And so it should be. At the base of all we are, at the core of all we do, is the need for sustenance. It is not money or office that powers the world; they are exhaust, not fuel.
It is people that power the world. And people are powered by rice and corn and barley and beef and milk. And those things – they come from the land. Perhaps there is some small part of every human being that understands this, that would rather be trapped on a dessert island with a farmer than a computer nerd. Perhaps when you see this photo you will, as I did, sit back and smile a little and say “Damn, those two look like real people” and be reminded of what’s really important.
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