So I have failed to post any painting pictures, but not because I am irresponsible (which is usually the case), but because my camera does not work… sad day.
Anyway, I find myself in a particularly difficult position. Life should be simple. Life should not be about what house you live in, or your Tv or what the Kardashians are doing… Life should just be simple. I mean, there is just so much that clouds reality from us. We are swarmed by irrelevant information. Our lives are a mess of numbers, accounts, friend requests, and school requirements. Even as I type I can say that this is another avenue of distraction…
What I am trying to get to is this: who are we and what in the world are we doing? What is so important to us? These countries and companies and institutions that we love so much will all die someday. All of the things that encapsulate American culture (and even the “America” in American culture) will die someday. I think that it will be a culture remembered for its wealth of useless information, a culture where the rich still conquer the poor, a lame empire. I do not know. I do know, however, that I do not want to be a part of that. I want something more. I want something that makes people matter. I do not want retirement, or the health of the company, or the security of the nation to matter. I want humans to matter, plain and simple. Just humans, that is all, nothing more, nothing less.
