20th January, 2008

NELL POTTER

At the centre is the beginning of life - where sperm meets egg. We all start the same way, and have no control over where we are born. We all feel sad, happy, angry, ashamed etc. and we are all made in the image of God. I have chosen to depict God's presence as yellow dots, which symbolise the fire that led Israel in the Exodus story.

The next circle shows that although all humanity is created equal, the reality of life is far from this. The fabric represents the three poorest regions of the world - Africa, Asia and Latin America. Although they produce a substantial amount of the world's resources, they don't share proportionately in the profits.

Interspersed between the fabrics are images of the things that bind us to this inequality. Faceless billions live under $US2 a day and are chained to poverty because others are chained by greed and the love of money. Poor countries are not free to trade on a level playing field because rules of international trade are rigged to benefit the already rich and affluent countries.

The world's resources are symbolised by black oil, coffee beans, pumpkin seeds and gold and silver. There is enough food and resources for everyone yet these are not equally shared.

The outer circle is both a rainbow representing mankind's covenantal relationship with God, and also the 5 societal quintiles. The red circle is the richest 20 per cent of the population who consume 86 per cent of the world's resources. The purple circle represents the poorest 20% who consume just 1.3 per cent of those resources.

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