LORD-OF-THE-FISHES

Phobias: anthropophobia (fear of not being accepted), algophobia (fear of physical pain)

 A migrant boat may be designed for 50 people but regularly carries 500. (Will they make it? Many drown; others are turned away.) The position into which the refugee is forced is an attempt to squeeze in and fit the space that remains. Or: day by day, we learn to adapt to smaller and smaller spaces, from cramped airplane seats to the apartments we can afford. We are also forced to seek this pose of meekness, an avoidance of taking the space of others.