BIOGRAPHY

These aphorisms I've coined will suffice for a biography. If one is interested in learning about me, these will reveal more about the contents of my mind than where I happen to have been born.

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"Art is the expression of things that suffer. Life's inherent state is decay, to forgo the sustenance that permits us to linger and this state will be made keenly aware.  The antecedent to all action must first have been to sate this decay this suffering, true satiation is resigned as intrinsically illusive. Art is interpretation; a concept manifested, from mind unto medium, whatever that may be. "

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"Beautiful artwork is a form of escapism, conversely darker themed artwork is attractive because it is relatable."

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"Anyone may view my paintings very closely if they wish to study my technique...if it suites them; my paintings are intended to accompany you from across the room, where they may look back at you."

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"Perspective is the key to wisdom."

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"Knowledge is understanding, wisdom is knowing what to do with knowledge."

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"There is no meaning in the Universe. You may make one anyway. The Universe will be indifferent to it. It is your priority to nurture it if you were so lucky to find one. It is ultimately successful if others willfully make your meaning theirs also."

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"To know human nature look no further than the laws they put upon one another."

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"The human condition may not be sated."

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"Through what course of actions does food repeatedly make its way unto our lips? Through what sequence of actions does an existence persist?  Worthiness...judgement...these are difficult concepts to concisely define let alone apply any sensible metric; I believe these questions do not entirely illuminate the path; it may lend itself useful all the same."

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"When you gaze upon an oak you do not see a pine. To recognize that what one sees is because another thing does not exist."

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Pagel, M. (2024)