War rugs are aptly named. These are rugs that express themes of war in their patterns. They break from the more traditional patterns of seasons, plants, or the boteh and instead use representations of tanks and bombs. These are forms of expression from a foreign culture. A rug can depict a tank moving into a town or dark planes standing out against a bright sky and dropping small yet potent bombs.

Like poetry from an airman or the diary of a young Jewish girl hiding from the German forces in world war two this should be a form of expression that we not only recognize but also appreciate.

Many of my clothes come from India, I have computer parts that come from china and South Korea, I have jackets that come from Sri Lanka, and coffee that comes from Colombia. But it is not that simple. I have clothes that come from many more places than India and my computer is such a mosaic of pieces that it is as if the entire world gave birth to my computer. Our species has become impressively dependant upon each other. I depend on an amazing amount of people to keep me clothed, warm, fed, and working.

While we may depend greatly on each other, most do not really understand the many other cultures aside from our own. I don