Roots is a piece I did specifically for my BFA show at Long Beach State. The opening was this last weekend (The 20th of April, 2008) and went swimmingly.
The piece is a mixed media of mono type and linoleum cut. The idea behind it (aside from 'hey, how cool can I make this look??) is about how people get wrapped up in their upbringing and their environment. Little skin heads become who they are because mommy and daddy hated this or that. But they don't really know why. Religious extremists (of any denomination) become so by virtue of these roots.
Pick an extremely myopic behavior and it can probably be traced back to their roots as they fail to embrace differences while hating the different.
These roots bind people into behavior they may otherwise break free of on the path to thinking for themselves. But bound into their little box they tend to loose themselves amidst the chaos of their limited world view.
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