psychotherapy & contemporary arts magazine
“I’ve been slowly working on a series focusing on folks reaching enlightenment in Walmart… The subjects are like the Buddhist image of the lotus which rises from muddy dirty waters without a speck of dust adhering to it as it proceeds to bloom pristine.”
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“I am always fascinated with how each of us has a subjective view of reality, which is sensed through a biological lens that has evolved over millions of years. The question of, how do we find a sense of objective reality? Also, how much free will do we really have?”
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“Once someone shows us care, the idea of being ‘worthless’ is automatically challenged.”
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“I’m painfully aware of how elastic our ‘selves’ are… exploring the ‘self’ becomes a paradoxical and ultimately futile journey, like the search for the unicorn.”
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“[Vulnerability] is everything to me. Art is my way of communication and where I express my deepest pain and concerns… I can probably be judged and taken apart, but I can’t shy away from topics that create deep emotion.”
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“Human imperfection is a prime mover of people’s lives… The world is built upon imperfections. However, imperfections shouldn’t be considered as nature’s errors that should be corrected, but the essence of life that moves it forward.”
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“I’m not a massive fan of the idea of “expression” in art. Increasingly, I side with Stravinsky when he said “music [or in this case art] is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all”.
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“In being introverts by nature, we find in art a way to communicate our messages to the world. Through art, we discovered we have a place in a world we never really felt we belonged to.”
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“Sometimes, seeing the stunning reflection of light in the windshield of a passing car may turn out to be the most beautiful thing that will happen to us in the most unexpected moment. We have to be watchful and keep our eyes wide open.”
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“In this mode, you can play only one note, but this one note comes really from within yourself and it just works… nothing is missing, because you are totally authentic… these are the moments I always strive to reach…”
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“The vulnerability you show as an artist should be a bridge that listeners can reach you by… If you can stand in front of the world and admit to your own powerlessness, it’s like a baptism in a way.”
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“Maybe if all my memories were erased, I would be the kind of artist I am? One who spends every day looking at family photographs for evidence of life’s details and trying to close the gap of time.”
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