Hegemony Of Screensavers (Toubab) #3

Suspended in a deep ambivalence. Thulien Pink and Rose Gold. The Earth is red in Senegal. The rocks along the coast are volcanic. I scanned one on the beach, clambering about in non-deterministic orbits. A local man arrived and earnestly explained how the rock had a face and it held the spirits of their ancestors. His pained expression made it clear – I was violating the ancestral stone with my camera. I was that plundering colonialist. My first mobile phone was expensive for 1999, around $350. I didn’t need it, I just wanted it. I still have it. Carmine Red, Grey and Platinum.