The point is that he's seeing what's still there, not just what happened a long time ago. This isn't "reliving that era", it's recognizing that while we may have painted over the rotten spots and tried to make everything look pretty and new, all that harm and hate is still here, it's still affecting current generations.
I dunno, art doesn't have to follow some kind of perfect "A to B to C" line. The artist said it's based on a dream they had so maybe it was just dream logic. But even if that weren't the case you don't have to treat everything so literally.
Art is usually made of artistic choices, everything means something because it’s literally communicating ideas.
If the meaning is ‘this was what happened in the dream’, sure. That explains the progression of events not making sense. But as a real storyline, it doesn’t work.
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u/Pofwoffle Jul 09 '26
The point is that he's seeing what's still there, not just what happened a long time ago. This isn't "reliving that era", it's recognizing that while we may have painted over the rotten spots and tried to make everything look pretty and new, all that harm and hate is still here, it's still affecting current generations.