For me this black powdery substance holds the meaning of "regression" or "mental reversion". Its broken down, crushed characteristics symbolizes ruin, destruction and disaster. I am comparing the ground state of the charcoal dust to the state of human minds after experiencing a great catastrophy such as a natural disaster. Both the charcoal and the collective individuals have been forced into a messy, hard to reform state. In both cases the basic make-up which makes charcoal and humans truely that has been destroyed, they are no longer like they where before. In this vunerable state they are both highly open to exploitation. Both charcoal and human minds can be crushed and ground.
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