War-and-Peace

War-and-Peace

Dr Abe V Rotor

and  Mateo M Rotor

 

War model against a painting background of peace in 3 views, 

by Mateo M Rotor, 9.  On display at the Living with Nature 

Center, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur.

War - toy game of grown ups;

Toy - war game of children;

in between cold peace,

and cold war reign.

Transient is war-and-peace,

the art, science, myth,

 the meaning of living  

in joy and grief. 

Symbols are but man's hope

for the ideal, in reality 

an elusive dream

devoid of piety.   

* War model is made of steel and wood scraps, the backdrop of acrylic on canvas painted by Mateo in 2022, then 9 years old.  He is grandson of the author. The theme spontaneously developed mainly from the on-going wars in Israel-Gaza, Russia-Ukraine, other trouble spots in the world, notwithstanding.