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0 @charlie_babble On August 25th I burnt over 700 pieces of art, two days later I gave away 200 pieces, now all I have left is my most recent piece and this is the process of how came to decide to do this.
The point of this essay is to talk about how my heroes led me on a self-destructive wild goose chase for knowledge, during which I became so obsessed with the concept of improving my ability to control my place in the world that I lost sight of what it actually meant to be free. This story is about how easily this search for control can become addictive. This essay is a cautionary tale for any would be fine artists who never went to art school, but instead relied on their belief that they were somehow more
I started to realize that I wanted to cleanse the slate at the beginning of 2022, but the process of knowing what getting rid of it all meant has been an ever evolving concept, even now after it’s all been finished I still wonder exactly what it means. Initially the intent was to solidify all of the art into one project; a chain which could be pulled through a camera shot in an orderly fashion. To create the chain I started off by organizing all 900+ pieces into chronological order, then I h
art and stuff | Designs by Babble