This is a screenshot I did of a picture by Walt Jacobson a great photographer. I have added black fill and added a title. It seems to reference the ancient mariner’s fear of giant squid consuming their ships. Monsters were used by cartographers in the West, to represent unknown or unchartered waters by connotating fear on their maps. Don’t sail there or you fall off the edge of the world. Sunderland is by the coast and river Tyne in NE England coast. The town was renowned for shipbuilding. Boat or Shipbuilding records exist, dating back some 2000 years according to a primitive old canoe that was found near Hylton in the River Wear. Thomas Menville an enterprising merchant was recorded in 1346 building ships to sell produce using wind & sea transport. His enterprise caused such a commercial boon to the area that by 1840 Sunderland had 65 shipyards. Sunderland dealt in salt and coal, in the 16thc but became increasingly important port due to the volume of trade on the NE coast of England. Salt was obtained by 'panning' in vats by boiling seawater. It required large amounts of coal fired energy. By the mid 1900’s the town was responsible for more than a quarter of the UK’s merchant and naval ships for WWII and at one point it was the biggest shipbuilding town in the world. However the last shipyards closed in 1988 amid strong opposition from workers and the entire town. Sunderland became a city in 1992. It is most famous however for its Soccer Team or more correctly Association Football Team in the English Premiere League,”Sunderland AFC.” Soccer being a working class sport and Rugby was favoured by 'Public Schools' [which are really private in England].Sunderland also has its Rugby team 'Sunderland RFC'.
This piece of graffiti or mural also reminds me of the motion picture’The Matrix’ when the security drones attacked the hull of Morpheus' ship the Nebuchadnezzar. I feel like Morpheus and Neo in the screenplay when I am doing assignments right up to the last minute for electronic submission. Pressure....and time constraints before they drill through the hull. ( :