Check out the new project by Simon Høgsberg, “We’re all gonna die - 100 meters of existence.” The photo, taken in Berlin, was constructed over 20 days and features 178 people and is 100 meters in length.
The the thing that I think is so cool about this project is the humanity that it shows - if you look closely, you'll see love, anger, concern, pain, busyness, suffering, joy, happiness, and probably a whole lot more. The people are so different and yet, as the the title of the project points out, they're all (we're all) connected by the truth that "we're all going to die." We're all going to experience physical death someday, which inevitably raises issues that also link us; questions like the meaning of life, how we all came into existence, whether or not there's anything after physical death, and if so, what?
I don't think we often take the time to notice others around us - I mean really notice others. Especially in our culture, we are constantly surrounded by others, but many of us feel so alone. Few of us know our neighbors, our coworkers, or even the members of our own families. Even in the church, we gather together to worship the God who made us for community (with Him and with each other) but we rarely honest with each other about the condition of our hearts or the struggles we're experiencing. I pray that we all, especially in the church, begin to notice the humanity around us and truly take the time to do what's necessary to make real community happen.
HT: The Plow
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