Guernica

 This isn't a Painting. It's a Prophecy.

In 1937, Picasso painted Guernica to immortalise the bombing of a Basque town by fascist forces. 

He painted suffering - systematic, senseless, state-sanctioned genocide. And today, Guernica repeats itself. In the form of Palestine. 

As Israel continues its assault- on hospitals, on homes, schools, refugee camps, on an entire community- this painting becomes more than art. It becomes a mirror. 

The bull. The horse. The mother. The child. The soldier. 

Each tells the same story in a different tongue. We've seen this before. And yet we let it happen again. 

If art is meant to awaken, let this post stir the ones still asleep.

Watch through each frame. Read closely because silence- just like war- kills. 

For those who are so moved by the systemic murder of the oppressed, more conflict is not the answer but peaceful retaliation is. We can start by pressuring the UN to cut economic ties with the oppressors. We can vote with our wallets and our clicks, putting pressure on brands and global organisations assisting in the genocide. We must do so relentlessly, until change is rael. Stop the genocide.