the loaded revolver
1. van gogh copied the masters
3. if you try to do what someone else has already done you can only fail
4. if we avoid failure we do not grow
5. if we are not prepared to grow life becomes meaningless
6. to copy van gogh now is to hand the loaded revolver to the enemy
7. victory to our enemies
i paint these pictures
1. i paint these pictures to express myself
2. to come up against my painful limitations
3. meeting my limitations i come closer to myself
4. coming closer to myself i come closer to god
5. it is gods wish that we express our natural talents
6. history is the future
7. when we honour the dead we honour ourselves
8. it suits me
9. to not find life dull
freedom through limertation
1. setting limmits on ourselfs frees us from nature - socioty - imposing their limits upon us
2. many of our tecknollagies, rather than helping us, hinder us. this is becouse teqcknollagy incorages us to avoid our limitations rather than meet them, which is our pathway to god
3. our tecknollegys are often created out of fear and our need to feel entertained rather than actual need. they also fool us into beliving we are safe and invincable, therby increeceing ego atachment and missery.
4. the bicycle is an invention of genious, the car a mere inevitability and ultametly a monstrosity
5. The telivision and internal combustion engin have ruined life
6. climbing mount everest with an oxgen tank makes climbing mount everest easyer but actually devalues mountiains, the climber and the achevment
7. the reason for setting out on a journy is not to arrive magicaly at the goal, but to not know if we are going to make it to the finish. bravery is being willing to engage with our limitations
8. we lose trust in ourselfs and god by rigging the vote
pollock
1. jackson pollocks work is not wild and care free
2. jackson pollocks work is mannered and constrained
3. jackson pollocks work is not irregular and unbridled
4. jackson pollock work is made up of pretty patterns
5. because jackson pollock was an alcoholic in life he was unable to let go in his art
6. the same is true of vincent van gogh: vincent did not paint wild, swirling pictures and the more out of control his life became the tighter his style became. like jackson pollock, his painting was tight and introverted
7. but vincent van goghs paintings still communicate his inner struggle to us because his work remained close to the ground and his heart. that is their value. he painted what was before him
8. jackson pollocks paintings however are an heroic attempt but ultimately a failure
9. it is only possible to notice this if you see pollock and van goghs pictures rather than merely look at them or believe their press
art must
1. art must have vision
2. art must help us see rather than merely look
3. art must help us grow emotionally and spiritually
5. art must become central to our education system
6. art must help us become adults, not remain teenagers
7. art must help us become children, not remain adults
8. art must be egalitarian
9. it is fine for art to laugh at superior intellects
10. art must help us learn to love and respect one another
11. art must help us become happier
12. art must have meaning
13. art must give meaning
14. art is important because it is better than shopping and television
15. art must not be tied to commerce
16. art must remain close to the ground
17. art must help us become more of who we truly are
18. art must bring us closer to god
published by hangman books
11. 7.2003
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