8/11/09

The Art of Darkness




Surviving several droll semesters of "art school", I know what it's like to think inside their box. From systematic textbook lessons on form and shadow, to painting stereotypical buckets of apples in a robotic trance with subjects A-Z standing shoulder to shoulder, art school teaches you everything art isn't — YOU.

I propose a new movement — the Individualist Movement. Art is supposed to evoke emotion. Whether it's happiness, loss, regret, anger, confusion or even bliss (pfft), the emotion is yours alone. Fuck the viewer, expenses, tests, grades, the Masters™, three-hour lectures and paint-by-number projects. Make art for you...forget the rest — it will only get in the way between you and your chaos.

See you in 5th period (not likely),

— Vern



(Select artwork courtesy of Vern Purple)

8/7/09

The King of Wishful Thinking


Computer world,
You cut me down to size
With your zeros and
ones