How can we revive our dreams and desires everyday? We fight for their sake and avoid losing them in the turmoil of everyday life?
It’s a little bit like standing against an invisible army all on your own. If living heroically implies living conventionally, one which is formed by faith and will, then all the people who fight for protecting and preserving values are recognized heroes who pass by us on the streets everyday.
Given this point of view, rhinoceros symbolizes lonely people who think deeply and contemplate and are connected to each other through their dreams. Responsibly and tirelessly, the ordinary and commonplace world of their fragile lives becomes a field for changing into their ideals without fitting into predetermined roles.
On the other hand, there is another situation. When a helping hand distributes a dream in mass; just like distributing ready-made food among a herd of pigs…
Morteza Talebi
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