As artists, we define right or wrong instinctively, we are society's outlaws. We are dangerous because as artists we accept nothing at face value, including our own worth, we question all. It is why dictators and despots banish artists & the intellectuals first because the truth that we seek is universal. Unlike those who are merely aristocrats by birth, or marriage, we are born with our talent, we make it our own even though
we cannot take full credit, for it is a gift.

From early on, most are exposed to how others want us to live, the media constantly sells fantasies, from Barbie Dolls, to Ferrari from Superstars to 649, it is a constant onslaught to our self worth and who we become. Tim Hortons, Harley Davidson & the gratuitous violence that Hollywood constantly sell is not there for you but to enrich themselves. How else can one explain the grotesque size pick up trucks, SUVs and monster homes people aspire to as symbols of their existence, if it is not for the quest to be accepted as a person in the mind of others.

As artists we rise above these thousand and one things mentioned above including nationality, religion, gender & colour but we are not perfect because it is also true that anyone who lives with a dedicated artist knows that they can never truly be a wife or husband. They will always be the mistress or at best the muse to the act of creating art. The approach to life is the realm of one's imagination and the happenings in your life depend on the quality of those thoughts so educate yourself in the Art of Living, life is short, live & paint as if it has to last forever........!