The New Inspirational Movement

Photograph for oil painting called “Wondering” 2008

Today I dream of a Counter Pop Evolution, where Artists concern themselves with their origins instead of mass productions. I want art to slow down to a snail’s pace so that I can really really think….

Slow Art
Art that is made with loving hands….Like you used to do when you were a kid…working with your father on a craft project like building a car…or with your mother like building a cake…
You know…art that takes time to make.

Now I have time to appreciate!

They are two different places in which I exist so differently:
One is public, the other is private.
One is passionate, the other is pensive
One is objective, the other is subjective
One is secular, the other is spiritual.
But one thing that they both share in, is that they will always be separate but united.

Like Adam and Eve, I co exist with their legacy.

“Regalo w/Still Life” oil on wood panel 75% finished

EVE, THE FIRST LIBERATOR OF MANKIND

For had it not been for the Apple that Eve gave to Adam, we all would surely have remained infants of HeShe (God), hadn’t we?
God punished Eve, as the “fall guy”, with childbirth pain, monthly PMS and worry. Eve sacrificed her own freedom so that Adam could enjoy his. He fought against this injustice by God and showed his gratitude to Eve by becoming the expert in science and psychology.

“Regalo w/Still Life” oil on wood panel 90% finished

He first dealt with their suffering and pain. So, he developed irrigation, baths and toilets since she liked being clean. He also devoloped the house so it could shelter her from the hot sun and rainstorms. She loved the house so much, that she became the expert in home decorating, cooking and child rearing. Later he created washing machines, vacuum cleaners, stoves so she could enjoy cooking and cleaning without pain. He developed Psychology so that he could better understand her pain and growing resentment toward him and her children. As a result, he created tylenol for her PMS and then something very very important happend…..He created birth control.

ADAM, THE SECOND LIBERATOR OF MANKIND

When Adam gave Eve the Pill, he liberated her from God’s wrath. She was now free and could enjoy sex without consequence. (Adam was proud of himself as he too enjoyed Eve’s sexual freedom…)Darkness fell upon them…He was not ready for her changes. For one thing, she left his home to explore and be adventureous. She became employed like man and gave birth not to his children but to a new movement called “The Feminist Movement”. Adam became a skeptic and turned to the 5 0′clock News and Comedy Central to make fun of woman and make other men laugh. Eve saw this and laughed too, but not as hard because she was more interested in New Destiny and where it would lead her….

MACHA: THE NEW 21ST CENTURY EVE & THE SECOND COMING OF WOMAN

“Regalo w/Still Life” oil on wood panel 90% finished

While Adam spent much of his time joking with other men, Eve befriend a Spirit Child named Regalo. (Eve is not sure where Regalo came from because she is a Cartoon. Cartoons are modern figures that come from imagination. Imagination is a great place that exists in both Adam and Eve’s mind. The Mind is where spirit people, spirit animals, and spirit nature come from…)So Eve decided that Regalo came from her mind to help her find a New Destiny….

Eve put on a mask so that Adam could not recognize her. Regalo told Eve that she needed comfortable clothing because New Destiny was going to be difficult terrain. So Eve put on comfortable lingerie, boots and a cape. Regalo gave Eve a new Apple and together they began their journey to find New Destiny.

Adam and his laughing men saw the Masked Woman emerge with Regalo from Darkness. They stopped laughing and became very curious. They followed the Masked Woman and Regalo thru Darkness. In Darkness, Adam and his Curios Men found themselves working side by side with the Masked Woman and Regalo. They were offered bananas and became comfortable working with the Masked Woman. They saw that the Masked Woman worked very hard like them, that she was smart like them. They admired her muscles, squeezing her legs to make sure they were real…And what really thru them over the edge was that the Masked Woman could fly!!! Oh, did they love to watch her fly! A muscular woman flying in Darkness. They put their Batman Comics away and would just stare at her…Regalo would poke Adam and His Curioous Men and remind them that there was still much work to be done…Adam turned to Regalo and ask her who the Masked Woman was, and Regalo told him, her name is “MACHA”.

ADAM BECOMES SUPER GEEK SCIENTIST

Adam and His Curious Men found “Macha” to be very effective to work with. They had no idea how helpful and heroic she could be. They became inspired by her and on their days off, they began to create movies, computer games, and comic books about “MACHA.” There was Warcraft, Star Wars, Tank Girl, Lady Death, Tomb Raider, Sky Captain, Zu Warrior, Kill Bill, just to name a few…

The Masked Woman was so flattered that she wrote a Poem to Adam:

TO MY ADAM:

Oh Adam, you Radiant Child of Technology
Who’s Grown into a Radiant Man of Power
You wear your crown around you neck, a tie.
Your sacrifice has lead you to be a slave of Corporations.
This is your punishment from God for giving me the pill.

Now you begin your evolution into the Super Smart Man and now we are Equal.
My Apple gave you the power to create, be free and adventurerous, and help others.
Your Pill gave me to power to create freely, be adventureoous and choose my destiny.
Now I have evolved into Macha, the new 21st Century Woman and I am searching for New Destiny…

XOXOX,

YOUR NEW EVE