the man standing here, by his very presence and relationship to his surroundings, seems to beg many questions. "what is he thinking?" we have to ask that, right (?), his house hs been taken over by sand! how about: "how long has he been standing there?" or, "whats with the sand at his feet?" "what was he thinking when he arrived as opposed to now?" "when did the storm hit?" "does he really care about his house?" after questioning and observing it seems clear that he must have been present durring the storm-see the sand at his feet? He must have watched his house from before, durring, and long after the sandstorm (see the weeds and sticks poking out of the long settled sand, also the cob webs in the open door?). but then why does he appear surprised? why does he look like he is arriving? why is he holding luggage as though he's returning from a safer place as to avoid the storm, (yet never leaving?)? the answer is symbolic in nature. one may look at his life and believe that there must be something wrong with it-that it is taken over and of no worth. he stands outside of it with such crippling beliefs and, almost ready to check out, he sadly gazes into it seeing it as something it is truely not-worthless, taken over, weathered and perhaps destroyed. little does he know that such thoughts bring the storm that will only confirm his belief. from the start he stsnds here and sees the invisible-inevitable, inevitable and invisible only because HE sees it. eventually with such negative thoughts of his life the storm happens-it takes over his life, it takes over him. Of course, because we are redeemable creatures, we can stop this before it ends us.
