anniversaries

Painful that the newest in-the-open ethnic conflict (of longstanding duration but invisible to the world at large) broke into the headlines on the day that Sarajevo finally chose to mourn on the twentieth anniversary of the siege. (And that there are other not-so-symbolic conflicts much closer to home, or to my onetime home, anyway.)

I prefer to leave all of those references oblique and ambiguous, since it will continue to apply to so many conflicts yet to come anyway.

I thought I should have posted the link to my collaboration with Carol Lafayette on "Skateboarding in Sarajevo," but of course couldn't get around to it in time:

http://vimeo.com/6837107

I have resisted with difficulty the temptation to insert still images from the video, because, you know, that would help people decide whether or not they want to click through to watch it.