Flowing Into Freedom (With Horizontally Scrolling Image)

Freedom Swim

All of mankind longs for freedom and equality.

We all dream of a world in which all are treated equally, and are accorded the same basic rights, liberties, and freedoms, impartially and without reservation. Many would even say that these are God-given rights. Nonetheless, in the real world, the tragic fact remains that even in our so-called “enlightened society”, the incidence of discrimination and denial of these rights continues to raise its ugly head . And so it is necessary to remind ourselves of the Dream that Martin Luther King, Jr. had, and to continue to pursue it…

Butterfly Medallion

Throughout much of history, the butterfly has been used to symbolize many things – life, metamorphosis, joy, and freedom, to name a few. Here, it is boldly depicted as a medallion symbolizing freedom, esteem, and confidence with a tender touch.

Freedom Star

…And so the star of Freedom glitters majestically in the twilight, reflecting off of the evening waters, to the rippling of the sea.

Freedom Triptych

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This triptych may be taken to signify the pursuit of Freedom – the “Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness” that are penned in the United States Declaration of Independence. But all of the world longs for freedom; it is a basic human dream and aspiration. Will we ever truly attain it in the real world, and in our lifetimes? It is indeed a worthy and noble dream and aspiration, worthy of pursuit.

NOTES ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS: The images in the current segment are done with vector graphics on computer. They are intended to interconnect into each other, and the nature of the vector graphics seems to call for a postmodern “Pastiche” kind of approach. The commentaries are based on whatever thoughts and feelings the images happened to inspire within me when I was reviewing them.

PSYCHOLOGICAL NOTES: While the art style here still involves the use of vector graphics done on computer, as in the last post , I noticed that the music that I wanted to have playing in the background as I conceived of the commentary was Classical music, rather than the Dance and Electronic music that I enjoyed having in the background while working on last segment’s commentaries. It just seemed to inspire a more appropriate feeling in me to enable the writing of the commentary for this segment. I wonder if this may in part be due to the subject matter of the images in this segment having a different kind of “Ethos” or feeling to it than the subject matter of the previous segment’s images. In the current segment, the issues referred to may have been “deeper” and more serious: Fundamental philosophical issues versus the statements of fashion and style found in the last segment. And so it seems that there may be many factors involved in setting up an appropriate frame of mind for creative pursuits. So I just go with what feels right…

Flowing Into Freedom

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…and so we have freely flowed from “Fashion” to “Philosophy” in this post, as the Train of Thought that we’ve been on in the last few entries continues…