artist statement

      My approach to much of the world is one of ironic mockery. This does include myself as well--it isn't an issue of degradation or disrespect, more an awareness of problems and limitations. I think that the only way to honestly deal with life in an honest yet productive way is through humor. If you take things too seriously, you're missing the reality of the hollow structures and purposes that we construct for ourselves, and even that we are. On the other hand, if you lose all reverence, you inevitably lose all passion and interest in life. I think that the merger of the two is the only natural response to the philosophy of the past hundred years or more, from post-modernism back through existentialism and beyond. Being a rationalist, a philosophic materialist and other such weighty things, I don't believe in ultimate purpose, God, literal divinity, or in the total sanctity of anything. I think that the best that people are capable of in any case are half-measures and approximate truths. The only way to cope, the only way to carry on while accepting this, is with a touch of ironic humor, a smirk as we go about wasting time and exploring our various conceits.

postdlf
2000

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