Hi all,

This is a tribute to the demonstrators who pulled down the statue of Edward Colston, a British slave owner who owned both slaves and slave ships. A few of his ships sank drowning helpless and terrified slaves shackled cheek by jowl in their holds so fittingly his statue was dropped into the River Avon in Bristol.

(see the last parargaph of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Colston)

In this image, three pairs of hands belonging to slaves are pulling down the statue to join them in the deep (like any good captain does with his ship). In the foreground, there are two arms chained together and pushing the statue. These belong to the present and represent the aware. You might spot the difference in the skin colour of the arms to represent that this is a universal and joint effort by all. Ironically, the unity has been symbolized in this case by a chain binding the white and black arms together.

Happy viewing all. R