PSYCH EVALUATION CARDS

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a  far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. THOMAS CARLYLE, Signs of the Times

The 'Way In" is through the pre-frontal arrangement of neurological structures that determine how sensory input will be processed; what attributes will be given to the input to integrate new sensory data with constructs that have already been hard-wired through bias, preconception, prejudice or unthinkingness; our expectations of reward, or punishment...which both expands or limits our more intimate expression of what most believe is the 'same', or should be, for all humans.....Art may arrest the courage of eccentric viewing of the ordinary....or, for some, this is what it looks like....'out there'.... This is what I see......I can only imagine what others see, if i had any interest in that......I'd rather 'see' what others express creatively, for that is both the co-joined twins of Truth & Deception and the real futility of fashionable dreaming and stylistic conformity.......Or, without verbosity, a picture, instead..... and with enough wor...

Gimme a big hug, you ugly thing....it IS Halloween.....then, get out there and hand out those old, leftover candy Easter Eggs, from 20 years ago, to those sugar-crazed trick-or-treaters in Dollar Store nylon costumes....that expect some wrapped Grocery Store Candy in mesh bags.......How about some grilled broccoli, dipped in Hershey Chocolate Syrup, then rolled in chopped candy corn.....kids? there's an early, really scary small-mouthed babadook trickster at the door......turn off the lights....maybe he'll just 'go  away'! its little paws are scratching at the door screens!

  WHAT DO YOU 'SEE' WHEN VIEWING THIS PHOTOGRAPH?   

  Just about every human...as are most members of other species.... is revulsed by unattractive faces....and physiques....Yet......these two people are the same person, aren't they?   This brings to mind Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man" ....a kind, noble and intelligent 'freak of nature' who was reviled, tortured and mistreated during his brief Lifetime......  

           I, initially intitled 'this':   "WALLACE STEVEN'S PSYCHEDILIC REPRESENTATION  OF MARK ROTHKO"   Later, i renamed 'it'  "The RIngs of Saturnine"...... (It is better to express one's unconscious feelings during the brief respites from repressed emotion....) Nature takes a million years to achieve what Art can only imagine.....but, its Process is far more Real than our sight between winks......and, usually, much more beautiful....