Amy Casey "Fences"

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This painting to me is a reflection of our gradually changing, twisting and contorting world. The coiling roads and represent how we are always so sure we are on the right path until something comes along and changes our course. Then we will bow-down to that idea as if it is complete truth neglecting what we once thought of as truth. If only we would look at history and realize that we can never be so sure of where we are going, what we are believing or that what we are doing is right. As history shows, it is destiny that we will be proven wrong in one way or another and that we will; ultimately change.

Fear

My biggest fear is my own will to do things that give me instant but only temporary gratification. Ive never learned to really "think about the consequences" and i fear eventually it is going to be the cause of my downfall as an adult to just a lower-class peice of shit that never really worked for anything.

Ayn Rand on value

"i would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of new york's skyline. particularly when one can't see the details. just the shapes. the shapes and the thought that made them. the sky over new york and the will of man made visible. what other religion do we need? and then people tell me about pilgrimages to some dank pesthole in a jungle where they go to do homage to a crumbling temple, to a leering stone monster with a pot belly, created by some leprous savage. is it beauty and genius they want to see? do they seek a sense of the sublime? let them come to new york, stand on the shore of the hudson, look and kneel. when i see the city from my window--no, i don't feel how small i am--but i feel that if a war came to threaten this, i would like to throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body." -- Ayn Rand The Fountainhead

Unfortunately enough we do take alot of modern things for granted without realizing there monumental status in history, things like the eiffel tower and the sears tower are just a symbol of the striving will of mans heart. We are and have been for thousands of years, constantly one upping ourselves to become bigger,stronger, faster and better.

I used to think..

I used to think we served no purpose in life, that we are just random chance floating around in an unkown chaotic pool of matter but one day i realized we might just have a higher reason. Though we may be completely oblivious to our purpose, that doesnt mean we dont have one. Our purpose could be simply to wonder and pry at the fringes of understanding in search of answers.