Thursday, June 4, 2009

Thoughts on Art.

All Art is a trespass and therefore must be punished. The greater the Art, the greater the punishment. - Joyce Carol Oats

We have art in order not to die of the truth. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Now for some of my thoughts. Ego demands that these thoughts be earth shaking but reality comes and rests lightly on my shoulder so therefore they are what they are.

After a life that started with some distress, I sometimes forget what or who I am and so I take photographs and re-interpret them. I do this in the hope that after a while the photos will talk back to me and tell me what my world is, where I belong in it or more simply who the hell I am. The other function theses images perform for me is to remind me of my humanity in a world that does not necessarily value its humanity. Finally I take photographs because they are a life force and I am alive.


Dang these sins! See you the next time

Denny