Hello bloggers.

As you know, I think a lot about tolerance, and how art can be a metaphor for tolerance and understanding.  We each have our own perceptions.  Our DNA is different.  We are each absolutely unique within this universe. Therefore, I believe it would be ridiculous to think that when we look at a piece of art, we’re all looking at the same thing.  We’re not.

So our art should be about telling ourselves and the world what we see and think about. Doing that is a two-part situation, because we are two people:  one material, one spiritual.  We see things in two different directions.  It’s a great thing that we don’t have to be clones, marching off the cliff together, singing “Kumbaya.”  So hooray for the differences between us!  Hooray for individuality!  Hooray for tolerance and understanding!

We need people to be tolerant of us, because we’re probably all a little goofy.  Maybe that’s what makes us human:  when we accept people not as we want them to be, but as the reality of whatever they are.  It sounds like a crazy idea, but we’ve got to come up with a way to put it into practice, or we’ll keep on going to war over which way the bird is flying.  “I want the bird to fly to the east!”  “I want the bird to fly to the west, and I’ll kill you if it doesn’t!”  The reality is, we make a big deal about it, but the bird doesn’t give a damn.

Matt