As social beings
our childhood is spent adopting the belief systems of our parents and
communities. Personal experiences then solidify or contradict these concepts
of the world. The process of connecting cause-and-effect to develop a
higher level of abstract understanding of our world is part of human nature.
As Albert Einstein said, "Common sense is the collection of prejudices
acquired by age eighteen."1 To assume that any one of us have objective
capacities beyond our cultural and educational boundaries
would be naïve. But it is possible to skeptically analyze our beliefs
if we choose.
So where does this personal experience become shared ideology? How does
personal belief evolve into collective unconscious, written law, or laws
of physics? When it gets spoken from a pulpit, broadcast, or published?
The further we are in time and space from events or situations, the more
distorted our vantage-points. The more generations of translations, the
less of the initial story we get.
By recontextualizing subjects I submit their ideologies to a sort of litmus
test. Re-presented, they show how their identities or concepts relate,
translate, are validated, or invalidated. When examining subject/context
relation, new light is often shed on the context as much or more than the subject itself,
thus allowing for reflection of its descriptive
language. My work attempts to illustrate, juxtapose, and reveal the systems
of individual and cultural associations. By becoming more aware of the
tendencies and limitations of one language I hope to show the benefit
of utilizing another.
By addressing the myths we live with I attempt to separate their valuable
lessons from misguided associations. To help perpetuate a better understanding
of our relations to each other and the world around us I strive to imaginatively
employ communication on multiple levels.
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