I have been away from deviant art for a while, and recently got back on (mostly out of curiosity). I began going through old deviations and licensing them under creative commons. Reading through some of the content, I realized how absurdly "emo" i used to be. Immature, dumb, and overly emotional. I can't believe how anyone would have been able to put up with some one like me for more than a few seconds, let alone live with me or attempt to raise me (sorry mom, you did a good job for what you were working with...haha!).
Isn't it funny how we can look back at the mindset we were in only a year prior and laugh at ourselves or be disgusted by our thoughts, feelings, opinions, and overall lack of wisdom? I am absolutely amazed at myself.
I suppose I am so shocked due to the lack of actual retrospective perception (is that even a proper phrase? Oxymoron, or just redundant?) on my part. I was quite the selfish and thoughtless brat everyone told me I was. Haha! Amazing!
I truly hope my art (all encompassing terminology...art as in: music, literature, visual art, dance, speaking, etc..) continues to develop as I have.
I want for people to be able to read my printed words and critique them and discuss those words in an intellectual fashion. I want my paintings to speak volumes on politics without saying anything at all. Moreover, i want the art i create to act as a learning device for others. A platform from which people can take apart and rebuild and develop from.
To me, art is a most important tool in which we can express and invoke revolution. Not just of the mind, but of the physical state. A simple symbol can be used to justify an entire philosophy.
That same symbol is flown as flags, worn on the skin as a tattoo, a statement of being.
Activist art.