Artivism: today we were talking about artivism and what that means. Willow spoke to the fact that art is often a medium through which people heal themselves because it allows them to express themselves without having to articulate it into words. I use art as a medium to release anger, frustration, guilt, and even rage. Most people who know me know that I'm not an angry or ragey person, but I have a complex and deep understanding of the inequalities in our world both local and global, both human and environmental, and this often results in a lot of frustration. If I try to express myself using words, often I can not articulate myself well enough or my words fall on deaf ears. I use collage as a method to formulate my thoughts and express what I see. I have made lots of collages that I call counter-culture collages. This one is the most PC of them all which is why I chose this to post!
This one is called, "Paradox" and as you can imagine all the images are paradoxical. I feel that often the best way to get across a message is through stark contrast and illuminate paradoxes, that is what I was trying to achieve with this. This is the first time I've ever posted this anywhere on the internet and I rarely show anyone my collages, only people I really trust. I'm not sure why I don't share them, I think it's because they are for me, they aren't for anyone else because it's my way of venting and releasing.
