"Exercise in Cursing"
May, 2002, acrylic on canvas board
There was an intense period of about a year when it seemed that I was in the "zone" and everything I painted seemed to
predict or at least document something that would be mirrored in reality. There was always the question, when this happened,
of whether I simply was penetrating beneath surface appearances and drawing inspiration from a "sixth sense"; or whether I
was predicting that these things would happen. Of course, it doesn't take much thought to begin to wonder if I was
actually making these things happen and that the effects of my paintings were causal. So this voodoo image
here is one of my first deliberate attempts at actually cursing someone. It is targeted upon a certain individual and
all about him are various symbols meant to synthesize and attach upon him a certain affliction. This isn't someone I
particularly hated or wanted to see dead or anything, simply someone I saw as relatively disposable and who would make a good
guinea pig. Whether or not the curse had an actual, tangible result without having to resort to too much poetry or vagueness
I'll keep to myself. Let's just suffice it to say that, at the time, my ability to tap into paranormal forces through my art
worked much better when there was no deliberation or intent of harm. In other words, the curse didn't work. Darn!
Hahahahahahaha.
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