Martin J. Sabine // Window Licker

by Martin J. Sabine

Monge!...Spaz!...Tard!...Window Licker!...I wonder what scene prompted this particularly nasty, derogatory and denigrating term toward a small minority of people in society, probably something as innocuous as a small tired face pressed against a condensation laden pane of glass on a Community Transport bus. I’m sure the urge was overwhelming particularly if extreme thirst was the motivation.

We can all laugh and we probably did when we watched the film, two grown men with their tongues stuck on the icy lamppost stretched to extreme lengths whilst trying to extricate themselves from their predicament. The title of said film is a precursor to the underlying malaise in society where we accept it’s OK to laugh and make fun of those less fortunate than ourselves and to do it without a second thought as to the hurt we can inflict. 

Have we forgotten the time we took the ice lolly straight from the freezer and licked it only to be faced with the same painful outcome, half the skin of your tongue stuck to the pseudo fruit saturated block of ice or in later years when you ripped a layer of skin of your lip with a cigarette paper whilst smoking….

Oh yes and how many of you would not, when survival demanded it lick the elixir of life off a cold surface if stranded in the desert, on a lifeboat at sea or buried in rubble following a natural disaster, so you see my friends next time you feel the urge to laugh or take the piss, remember you could be inadvertently doing it to yourselves. 

Anyway back to the more pressing matter of how to get rid of the condensation running down the windows surely in this day and age there should be an app, or failing that “I have a Karcher for that!”…….

EDITOR'S NOTE:

It’s the finish he puts on it, they say. And they are correct. Martin Sabine displays a stunning attention to detail in all his works, because he knows that’s where the devil resides. As far as intelligence, he may be the brightest photographer/artist I have run into, albeit a bit impatient at times!