“This Message Will Self Destruct”

8.5” x 11”

Pencil on paper

Just as death is implied in birth, contained within any altruistic spiritual/religious teaching is the seed of its own demise.

The Dealer and The Dealt

Pencil and Ink on Paper

8.5″ x 11″

While there are a great many benefits to the human minds parrot like ability to replicate the actions of our co-humans, we are at a point in evolution where what once was a useful tool for the advancement of our species has become a hollow echo of what was once beneficial but is no more.

From the moment we are able to absorb information, we face an unceasing stream of advice, recommendations, if I were you’s, what are you going to do’s, and so on and so on. Unable to sort through the bullshit during our formative years, we begin to build the house of cards that is our persona, not from the hand of the universe that created us, but from cards that have been dealt to us from other peoples hands. Often times we cling to the cards that are handed to us and are unable to cope when one is stripped away without our permission. In this clinging we become lost in the superficial, unable to dance with the creative force of life.

What I am presenting in “The Dealer and The Dealt” is the idea that if we can see past the masterful card trick that is being presented as our circumstance, a view into the infinite is readily accessible to all who have the courage to lay down their hand!