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The image evocatively uses a surrealist transposition to communicate the perils of developmentalism and aid. Surrealist visual art makes incongruous juxtapositions to think about how different elements work together. The image gets us to think about how global commodities make our lives easier but also come with certain toxic dangers. By layering the razor on top of the milk in the bucket, on top of the outdoor kitchen, the image conveys the sedimentary quality of developmental toxicity.

I first noticed the hand in the blue bowl of milk that is transposed over the background of the traditional kitchen. While the explanation does an effective job of explaining the composition and significance of the traditional kitchen and the blue plastic bin of milk, the hand in the bowl is a bit distracting - is there any way to remove it? Or is the hand there to say that it (symbolizing humans) can be cut by development (the razor)? If so, perhaps the angle of the hand could be changed? It looks unnaturally placed so it took me awhile to even figure out what was going on with it.