• SolacefromSilence
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    283 months ago

    She was cueing the audience in that there is more going on, so dummie’s like me can know to look for more. I still needed a kind commenter to explain it to me.

    I guess she wanted a larger audience to be able to experience her work, than you would have preferred.

    • @[email protected]
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      303 months ago

      I believe the deeper meaning is that even while weed is legalized in several states in the US, there are still many people in those same states serving sentences over the drug when it was criminalized. Those sentences were absurdly harsh, and disproportionately targeted black people.

      So when the girl in the painting sees the dispensary, which is supposed to be a symbol of progress towards legalization, she instead sees her dad—still in prison, trapped from behind the glass in one of those restricted visitation rooms where you can only talk to one another over inline telephones.

      • Ricky Rigatoni
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        153 months ago

        I’m gonna be completely honest here I thought that was the pharmacist on the phone with a customer and he and the girl were waving hi to each other.

        I may be a little dense and naive.

        • JackbyDev
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          23 months ago

          I thought it was a violating the Geneva convention joke about using a red cross improperly.

            • @CrayonRosary
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              3 months ago

              Sure, but with the context of drugs and the window and the phone… I dunno. I thought it was obvious. Especially with there being a counter all along the window.

                • @CrayonRosary
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                  23 months ago

                  Haha! You said you “may be”. I wanted to remove any doubt. J/k 😄

        • Bibliotectress
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          13 months ago

          I thought that too, and then noticed he’s wearing orange and started to figure it out.

      • TTimo
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        13 months ago

        Hey thanks, I get it now and you’re totally right :)