An extreme close-up of an ancient chess-like game board, worn and cracked. In the centre, a single simple clay figurine of an ordinary person, a traveller with a small bundle, surrounded at a distance by elaborately carved pieces representing kings, commanders, and political figures. The ordinary figure is lit from above by a single shaft of light. Everything else is in deep shadow. Shot from directly above, macro lens. Mood: the innocent as political currency, the human being reduced to a game piece, the ancient and ongoing evil of weaponising civilian lives for power.

When the Innocent Pay for Political Ambition

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A single verse tucked inside Judges 9 describes a political tactic so familiar it could have been written yesterday. With elections approaching and innocent lives still being taken, it is time to name this ancient evil for what it is.