One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure

The image I chose is that of a squirrel scavenging for a meal in a garbage can. I think it speaks to the subjectivity of happiness. From our perspective, trash cans are full of unwanted garbage, whereas this squirrel might see our leftovers as its very own free supermarket. What we see as dreadful, dangerous and disgusting is delicious, dire and indispensable for local city dwellers. Ironically, we focus on overconsumption and our impact on our environment, especially in metropolitan areas, though we laugh and sneer and when rodents riffle through garbage cans looking to persevere through…