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Flock of Sheep

from the "Some People Feel Like This" exhibit by Jim Roche

“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”

~ Max Lucado

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” 

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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And As for Conformity...

We Are Nature

To Be a Nonconformist

Everybody’s Got a Dark Side

Don’t we all have a dark side, a Mr. Hyde? A part of ourselves we hide from others and only let out under controlled moderation? And in the city where you live, in the shadows --- are there demons haunting you of your evil deeds?

To be avenged…

“That the opinion of those who already think ill of me will worsen is not my concern. I want all to know what I am capable of. I want it to be known that betrayal is intolerable and that revenge is a master skill of mine. It comes in phases. It takes time, which I have been given. The king of the jungle waits for the perfect opportunity to strike. There will be no rest for my enemies.”

~ From He Who Laughs Loudest Also Laughs Last

I realized that choosing not to fight did not make me weak. My heart forbade me to do unto him as he did to me. I could have destroyed the one thought to be responsible with what I had cleverly obtained through masquerade. I worried about this dark path and my own karma. I came to a conclusion; they are not stronger than me, they have no power over me, and I don’t have to show my teeth to be victorious. Weakness and fear from my “opponent” started it all. I learned my own strength; control and restraint. Walking on the corpses of my enemies is no longer necessary to feel the sweet satisfaction revenge offers. Knowing what I can do and letting go of that power is enough to be vindicated.

Don't we all sometimes see a sexier version of ourselves seducing us into things like murder ("Pull the trigger, hire a digger")?

Guilt will haunt you on levels of your conscious you cannot control.

For a while, I was thinking maybe I should be less in your face, controversial, and rebellious. I should focus more on the positive and ignore the rest, for it wasn't good energy to put out. But to do that would mean to suppress the talent and wit I have to rouse. Sometimes, life isn't pretty --- and we have to face the realities and get down and dirty for progress. Can I be more uplifting and positive energy focused… sure.

However, I shall not give up and be silent about the dark side of life that also matters. Part of my purpose is to use my gift of wit to challenge and change. I am a Freedom Fighter after all.

A Writer Writes

A writer writes regardless of audience; no matter who is reading if anyone at all

A writer writes whether it’s good or bad, sensical or not

A writer writes not for fame and fortune, but from passion and yearn 

A writer writes what the reader reads, the singer sings, the actor acts, and he gives the point of view on real events

A writer writes the idea from which most art develops 

From Kurt Cobain's Journal

"I like to complain and do nothing to make things better. I like to blame my parents generation for coming so close to social change then giving up after a few successful efforts by the media & government to deface the movement by using the Mansons and other Hippie representatives as propaganda examples on how they were nothing but unpatriotic, communist, satanic, inhuman diseases, and in turn the baby boomers became the ultimate, conforming, yuppie hypocrites a generation has ever produced."

“No amount of effort can save you from oblivion.”

Be a spectacle rather than special for it is far easier to have an audience and fans than allies and friends.

"Democracy's real test lies in the respect for minority opinions." ~ Ellery Sedgwick

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber" ~ Plato

Who Created Whom?

Rejecting organized religion and calling out Christianity and other institutionalized religions as contributors to the formation of a "slave morality", German philosopher and poet Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche asked

"Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's?"

Censorship is no way to resolve a debate. Those who are nonobjective to criticism will try to silence you.

Heterosexual Marriage

The truth is that marriage is unnatural. It was created by religion, women, and unattractive men who couldn't get laid otherwise. Men do not choose marriage. Men do not truly want to be married. Men are not by nature monogamous. Man is a wild animal just like any other who does not respond well to captivity. Marriage is his cage. Heterosexual men either envy or loathe gay men. Straight male friends of gay men live vicariously through them. Begging to hear their stories and imagining their own fantasies. Dreaming of freedom. The straight men who hate gay men (homophobes) are diseased with bitter jealousy. Often times they do not realize and cannot articulate this feeling. Envy not the sanctity of marriage. This is a trap of convention we have so far, been able to dodge.