Revelation

Caveat: in coming to terms with the final, utmost, masterpiece revelation, I realized that there may be need for explanation. As the events were concluding at the Everyday Joe’s Venue and the month was coming to a close, it occurred to me that I ought to sum up the entire experience. I understood that I would use art, to do this.

Most of my work comes from inspiration, a sudden idea, fast, quick, and potent, which crosses my mind. I’m left, then, to act upon this. In keeping with the experiment, inspiration came in spiritual form; hence a revelation.

I don’t gather how explaining, or justifying this type of creativity is so necessary. It comes to me. It always has. I am forced to either express it or ignore it.

As noted, the experiment has been likened to a trial. Perhaps the last decade of my life was a trial. Whether or not to reveal this revelation has also been a trial.

And so I present the Truth and Lies Experiment : The Revelation

Portrait of the New Artist as a Young Man, 2005

Words are vain. When speaking in a term of what this is. My intention was to light a candle. To somehow lean on a power more powerful than I.

This here is a revelation:

"I am the Lord your God, king of the universe, and such.
This is my servant whom I’ve sent to relay this message.
He is reluctant to deliver this message as any human would be.
He would rather have fun, do things people call 'partying.' "

"My people chase things and delude themselves all day long.
They are not aware of the whole point of being alive.
The point of being alive is to know me."

"And yet you cannot understand those simple words.
The Bible can certainly be a way of knowing me."

"I am the voice of reason.
The educator.
The operating system of change."

"Every pursuit in man leads to man."