3.
Express the essence
Boringpostcards
tell stories without speaking.
In
broad daylight, a young Maori woman in a piupiu tourist performance get-up
gingerly holds a worm in front of a stuffed kiwi. Will it bite?
A
young mum pushes her pram across a zebra crossing on Dee Street, Invercargill.
She is on her way to the shops, unaware of her role as the centrepiece
in a stunningly symmetrical composition in green, yellow and red.
Innumerable
austin 1100s and garishly striped canvas awnings shield campers from the
relentless sun at Kaiteriteri beach. No-one at the campsite knows or cares
what an "ozone layer" is.
A nation looks at itself and begins to recognise something new. It is
not England. And it certainly isn't Australia. Like adolescents, we cringe
when we look in the mirror, but a sense of identity is beginning to gel.
And a sense of identity is important, we think. Will
we allow ourselves to be proud?
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